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The Global Radiation in a Rayleigh Atmosphere

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DEIRMENDJIAN, D., SEKERA, Z. The Global Radiation in a Rayleigh Atmosphere. Nature 175, 459–461 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175459b0

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