Lidar study on the parameter relations of gravity waves in the mesopause region at Beijing

Gong Shaohua; Liu Zhengkuan; Guan Sai; Jiao Jing; Shen Zhenjiang; Yang Dali; Sun Shujuan; Chen Chunxia

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