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WE report here the discovery of sky brightness oscillations, observed during May 1976 and November 1977, which can be associated with atmospheric waves, perhaps on the aerosol boundary layer; this discovery also has a bearing on experiments now investigating solar diameter oscillations.
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CLARKE, D. Brightness oscillations of daytime sky. Nature 274, 670–671 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/274670a0
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