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Like optical astronomy, the facilities of ground-based radio astronomy depend on the transparency of the Earth’s atmosphere in special regions of the electromagnetic wave spectrum. The whole spectrum of electromagnetic waves and their propagation characteristics are illustrated by Figure II. 1
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Krüger, A. (1979). Instrumental Background. In: Introduction to Solar Radio Astronomy and Radio Physics. Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9402-7_2
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