Atmospheric boundary-layer structure from simultaneous SODAR, RASS, and ceilometer measurements

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-286

  Emeis, Stefan ^a   Münkel, Christoph ^b   Vogt, Siegfried ^a   Müller, Wolfgang J ^c   Schäfer, Klaus ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b VAISALA OYJ   (Finland)

^c Niedersachsisches Landesamt Okologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceilometer; Mixing layer height; RASS; Remote sensing; SODAR; Urban boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CEILOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MIXED LAYER; REMOTE SENSING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AEROSOL; AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERMANY; INSTRUMENT; MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344741342     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.09.054     Document Type: Article

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