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Observations of Atmospheric Turbulence with a Radio Telescope at 5 GHz

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Variations of the radio refractive index of the atmosphere are important to radio astronomers and in satellite communications. This article describes the situation at 5 GHz, based on work with the one-mile telescope at Cambridge.

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HINDER, R. Observations of Atmospheric Turbulence with a Radio Telescope at 5 GHz. Nature 225, 614–617 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225614a0

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