Multisensor estimation of mixing heights over a coastal city

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-43

  Nielsen Gammon, John W ^a   Powell, Christina L ^a,b   Mahoney, M J ^c   Angevine, Wayne M ^d   Senff, Christoph ^d   White, Allen ^d   Berkowitz, Carl ^e   Doran, Christopher ^e   Knupp, Kevin ^f  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADIOSONDES; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

MICROWAVE TEMPERATURE PROFILE; MIXED LAYER HEIGHT; SEA BREEZE;

COASTAL ZONES;

AIRBORNE SENSOR; BOUNDARY LAYER; MIXED LAYER; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

GALVESTON BAY; HOUSTON; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40449133642     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1503.1     Document Type: Article

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