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Long-term validation of Aeolus L2B wind products at Punta Arenas, Chile, and Leipzig, Germany
Joshua Walchester
Elizaveta Basharova
Henriette Gebauer
Martin Radenz
Johannes Bühl
Boris Barja
Ulla Wandinger
Patric Seifert
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