Convective boundary layer height measurement with wind profilers and comparison to cloud base

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1331-1338

  Grimsdell, Alison W ^a,b   Angevine, Wayne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 0033038448     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1998)015<1331:CBLHMW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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