Determination of mixing layer heights from ceilometer data

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5571, Issue , 2004, Pages 248-259

  Schäfer, Klaus ^a   Emeis, Stefan ^a   Rauch, Andreas ^a   Münkel, Christoph ^b   Vogt, Siegfried ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b VAISALA OYJ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ceilometer; LIDAR; Mixing layer height; Non intrusive measurement techniques; SODAR

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; AVIATION; BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; SAFETY FACTOR; WIND;

CEILOMETER; MIXING LAYER HEIGHT; NON-INTRUSIVE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; SODAR;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 15944401712     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.565592     Document Type: Conference Paper

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