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The purpose of this paper is to emphasise those aspects of atmospheric remote sensing which are of special importance in the millimetre wavelength region of the electromagnetic spectrum; in particular problems of pressure and Doppler broadening, local thermodynamic equilibrium, atmospheric absorption, Zeeman splitting and the optimum observation angle. A simplified discussion of the principles of atmospheric weighting functions is given.
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Croom, D.L. (1978). Millimetre Remote Sensing of the Stratosphere and Mesosphere. In: Lund, T. (eds) Surveillance of Environmental Pollution and Resources by Electromagnetic Waves. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 45. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9897-1_8
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