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Lunar Air Tide

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Lunar tides in the oceans are familiar and easy to observe. Lunar tides in the atmosphere also exist, although their recognition is more difficult

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  1. B. HAURWITZ: Also affiliated with the University of Texas.

  2. S. CHAPMAN: Also of the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, College, Alaska.

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HAURWITZ, B., CHAPMAN, S. Lunar Air Tide. Nature 213, 9–13 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213009a0

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