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THERE is growing evidence1–6 that the presence of a finite concentration of vapour phase dimers of water has to be considered if atmospheric absorption in the submillimetre region is to be satisfactorily explained. So far all the observations of the open atmosphere in this wavelength region, where there are features attributable to dimers, have been made with radiation from the Sun coming through the whole atmosphere in a slant path.
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GEBBIE, H., BOHLANDER, R. & PARDOE, G. Submillimetre Wave Absorption Anomalies in the Lower Atmosphere and the Existence of Water Dimers. Nature 230, 521–522 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230521b0
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