Convective boundary layer depth estimation from wind profilers: Statistical comparison between an automated algorithm and expert estimations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1397-1413

  Bianco, Laura ^a,b   Wilczak, James M ^b   White, Allen B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ERROR; AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; CLOUDY BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA VALUES; EXPERT ESTIMATION; FUZZY LOGIC METHOD; FUZZY LOGIC RULES; FUZZY LOGIC TECHNIQUES; IMPROVED METHODS; PEAK PICKING; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; RANGE RESOLUTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX STRUCTURE PARAMETER; RELIABILITY THRESHOLD; SMALL SCALE TURBULENCE; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; TEMPORAL CONTINUITY; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WIND PROFILER; WIND-PROFILING RADAR;

AERODYNAMICS; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEPTH PROFILING; ESTIMATION; FUZZY SETS; METEOROLOGY; RADAR; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FUZZY LOGIC;

ALGORITHM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 65949085154     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA981.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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