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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4645-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4645-2015
Research article
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05 Nov 2015
Research article |  | 05 Nov 2015

Evaluation of methods for gravity wave extraction from middle-atmospheric lidar temperature measurements

B. Ehard, B. Kaifler, N. Kaifler, and M. Rapp

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We evalute four methods currently used for gravity wave extraction from lidar temperature...
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