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Measurements from ground level of 53 GHz radiation from molecular oxygen in the stratosphere, using a very precise radiometer, can be used to give stratospheric temperatures.
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WATERS, J. Ground-based Measurement of Millimetre-wavelength Emission by Upper Stratospheric O2. Nature 242, 506–508 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242506a0
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