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The world-class ground-based atmospheric research facility, APSOS, illustrated on the cover of Issue 3 of Advances in Atmospheric Sciences in 2018. Three green laser beams at the wavelength of 532 nm pointing into the night sky in zenith, eastward, and southward directions for measuring the range-resolved profiles of atmospheric temperature, wind, aerosol, and cloud. The cover art is reproduced from a photo taken by Dr. Xuewu CHENG at YBJ International Cosmic Ray Observatory in Tibet, on Oct. 10, 2017 (UTC+8).

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