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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3795-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3795-2021
Research article
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26 May 2021
Research article |  | 26 May 2021

Distributed wind measurements with multiple quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles in the atmospheric boundary layer

Tamino Wetz, Norman Wildmann, and Frank Beyrich

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