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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-2047-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-2047-2014
Research article
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09 Jul 2014
Research article |  | 09 Jul 2014

Contiguous polarisation spectra of the Earth from 300 to 850 nm measured by GOME-2 onboard MetOp-A

L. G. Tilstra, R. Lang, R. Munro, I. Aben, and P. Stammes

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