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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6721-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6721-2018
Research article
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14 May 2018
Research article |  | 14 May 2018

Observation of Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities and gravity waves in the summer mesopause above Andenes in Northern Norway

Gunter Stober, Svenja Sommer, Carsten Schult, Ralph Latteck, and Jorge L. Chau

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