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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-4-2235-2011
© Author(s) 2011. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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20 Oct 2011
Research article |
| 20 Oct 2011
Modeling the ascent of sounding balloons: derivation of the vertical air motion
A. Gallice
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
F. G. Wienhold
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
C. R. Hoyle
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
now at: Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
F. Immler
Richard Assmann Observatory, German Meteorological Service (DWD), Lindenberg, Germany
T. Peter
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
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