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Acoustic Doppler Measurements of Vertical Velocities in the Atmosphere

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Acoustic echo sounding techniques have been used to determine vertical velocities in the atmosphere during thermal plume activity and a nocturnal inversion. The existence of breaking wave formations within the inversion has been clearly established.

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  1. Atmospheric Acoustics Group, Wave Propagation Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado, 80302

    D. W. BERAN, C. G. LITTLE & B. C. WILLMARTH

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BERAN, D., LITTLE, C. & WILLMARTH, B. Acoustic Doppler Measurements of Vertical Velocities in the Atmosphere. Nature 230, 160–162 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230160a0

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