Lidar observations of persistent gravity waves with periods of 3–10 h in the Antarctic middle and upper atmosphere at McMurdo (77.83°S, 166.67°E)
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- 5 January 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
- Vol. 121 (2), 1483-1502
- https://doi.org/10.1002/2015ja022127
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Funding Information
- National Science Foundation (NSF) (ANT-0839091, PLR-1246405, AGS-1452351, AGS-1115224)
- NSF/CEDAR (AGS-1343106)
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