Determination of the mixing layer height from regular lidar measurements in the Barcelona Area

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5235, Issue , 2004, Pages 505-516

  Sicard, Michaël ^a   Pérez, Carlos ^a   Comerón, Adolfo ^a   Baldasano, José María ^a   Rocadenbosch, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complex orography; Lidar profiles; Mixing layer height; Radiosoundings

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; AVALANCHE DIODES; BACKSCATTERING; COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEATING; TROPOSPHERE;

COMPLEX OROGRAPHY; LIDAR PROFILES; MIXING LAYER HEIGHT; RADIOSOUNDINGS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 1942451866     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.511481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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