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Infrared Measurements of Variations in Stratospheric Water Vapour

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Airborne radiometric measurements in the water vapour rotational band over extended flight paths indicate frequent variations of stratospheric water vapour apparently associated with tropospheric meteorological features.

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  1. ESSA Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado

    P. M. KUHN

  2. ESSA Computing and Analysis Branch, Boulder, Colorado

    M. S. LOJKO

  3. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

    E. W. PETERSEN

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KUHN, P., LOJKO, M. & PETERSEN, E. Infrared Measurements of Variations in Stratospheric Water Vapour. Nature 223, 462–464 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223462a0

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