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+# gravity-wave-gui-matlab
+
+Detects gravity waves in Graw DFM-09 radiosonde profiles using a wavelet-based Stokes parameters method. 
+Also included is a matlab app that does analysis file-by-file and saves significant levels in the atmosphere.
+runFile has a few toggleable arguments, but all of the gravity wave detection and subsequent parameter extraction is 
+automated. 
+
+
+visualizeGravityWave data is just a script to plot various parameters in the data.