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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-2593-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-2593-2013
Research article
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08 Oct 2013
Research article |  | 08 Oct 2013

A feasibility study for the retrieval of the total column precipitable water vapour from satellite observations in the blue spectral range

T. Wagner, S. Beirle, H. Sihler, and K. Mies

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