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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6547-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-6547-2024
Research article
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15 Nov 2024
Research article |  | 15 Nov 2024

PEAKO and peakTree: tools for detecting and interpreting peaks in cloud radar Doppler spectra – capabilities and limitations

Teresa Vogl, Martin Radenz, Fabiola Ramelli, Rosa Gierens, and Heike Kalesse-Los

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In this study, we present a toolkit of two Python algorithms to extract information from Doppler...