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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-543-2016
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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10 May 2016
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Properties of inertia-gravity waves in the lowermost stratosphere as observed by the PANSY radar over Syowa Station in the Antarctic
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Kaoru Sato
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Masaki Tsutsumi
National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Toru Sato
Department of Communications and Computer Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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