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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6877-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6877-2013
Research article
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23 Jul 2013
Research article |  | 23 Jul 2013

Diurnal variations in middle-atmospheric water vapor by ground-based microwave radiometry

D. Scheiben, A. Schanz, B. Tschanz, and N. Kämpfer

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