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Upper Atmosphere Emission Spectrum at Millimetre Wavelengths

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THE far-infrared properties of the atmosphere have been studied chiefly in solar absorption measurements from high mountain sites1–3 and aircraft4. Gebbie et al.5 have surveyed the atmospheric emission spectrum from 15 to 60 cm−1 from an aircraft. We report here the first observation from aircraft altitudes of the sky emission spectrum between 5 and 20 cm−1, with an instrumental resolution of ∼0.1 cm−1.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403

    I. G. NOLT, J. V. RADOSTITZ & R. J. DONNELLY

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NOLT, I., RADOSTITZ, J. & DONNELLY, R. Upper Atmosphere Emission Spectrum at Millimetre Wavelengths. Nature 236, 444–445 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/236444a0

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