Articles | Volume 13, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-11757-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-11757-2013
Research article
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04 Dec 2013
Research article |  | 04 Dec 2013

Quantification of waves in lidar observations of noctilucent clouds at scales from seconds to minutes

N. Kaifler, G. Baumgarten, J. Fiedler, and F.-J. Lübken

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