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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3355-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3355-2015
Research article
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19 Aug 2015
Research article |  | 19 Aug 2015

Accuracy of retrieving temperature and humidity profiles by ground-based microwave radiometry in truly complex terrain

G. Massaro, I. Stiperski, B. Pospichal, and M. W. Rotach

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