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Experimental Evidence of a Twinkling Layer in the Earth's Atmosphere

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HUDSON, C. Experimental Evidence of a Twinkling Layer in the Earth's Atmosphere. Nature 207, 247–249 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207247a0

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