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The measurement of the solar constant from high altitude balloons Cover

The measurement of the solar constant from high altitude balloons

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|Jan 1969

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Language: English
Page range: 620 - 624
Submitted on: Nov 18, 1968
Accepted on: Mar 10, 1969
Published on: Jan 1, 1969
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1969 D. G. Murcray, T. G. Kyle, J. J. Kosters, P. R. Gast, published by Stockholm University Press
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