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Acoustic sounder observations from an elevated location

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Details of the top of the atmospheric boundary layer obtained using an acoustic sounder at the summit of an 847 m mountain are presented.

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  1. Department of Pure and Applied Physics, UMIST, M60 1QD, Manchester, England

    B. A. Gardiner & M. K. Hill

  2. Atmospheric Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, 89506, Reno, Nevada, USA

    B. A. Gardiner

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Gardiner, B.A., Hill, M.K. Acoustic sounder observations from an elevated location. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 36, 307–316 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00118667

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