Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2521-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2521-2015
Research article
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06 Mar 2015
Research article |  | 06 Mar 2015

A new method for measuring the imaginary part of the atmospheric refractive index structure parameter in the urban surface layer

R. Yuan, T. Luo, J. Sun, Z. Zeng, C. Ge, and Y. Fu

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