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    Least travel time ray tracer version 2 (LTT v2) adapted to the grid geometry of the OpenIFS atmospheric model

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    ; Katlenburg-Lindau Vol. 18, Iss. 16,  (2025): 5015-5030.     DOI:10.5194/gmd-18-5015-2025
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