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Daytime Sky Radiance from Forty to Eighty Thousand Feet

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  1. JOHN A. EDDY

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  1. Department of Astro-Geophysics, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, Colorado

    GORDON A. NEWKIRK & JOHN A. EDDY

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NEWKIRK, G., EDDY, J. Daytime Sky Radiance from Forty to Eighty Thousand Feet. Nature 194, 638–641 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194638b0

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