Mixed-layer depth determination in the Barcelona coastal area from regular lidar measurements: Methods, results and limitations

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-157

  Sicard, M ^a   Perez C ^a   Rocadenbosch, F ^a   Baldasano, J M ^a   Garcia Vizcaino D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal region; Complex terrain; Lidar profiles; Mixed layer depth; Radiosoundings

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; OPTICAL RADAR; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COASTAL REGION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; MIXED-LAYER DEPTH; RADIOSOUNDINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; OPTICAL RADAR; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; LIDAR; MIXED LAYER;

EID: 33745046196     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-005-9005-9     Document Type: Article

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