Física atmosférica y observaciones de la Tierra: Ondas en la capa emisora OH

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 13, 1984
PubMed
Resumen

Un nuevo instrumento de imágenes infrarrojas capturó con éxito 1771 imágenes de Spacelab 1. Estos datos infrarrojos basados en el espacio revelarán detalles sobre estructuras a gran escala y su relación con las ondas de gravedad.

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