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Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves by Atmospheric Turbulence: Stellar Scintillation and the Spectrum of Turbulence in the Free Atmosphere

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MEGAW, E. Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves by Atmospheric Turbulence: Stellar Scintillation and the Spectrum of Turbulence in the Free Atmosphere. Nature 166, 1100–1101 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/1661100a0

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