Advances in continuously profiling the thermodynamic state of the boundary layer: Integration of measurements and methods

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1251-1266

  Löhnert, Ulrich ^a   Crewell, S ^a   Krasnov, O ^b   O'connor, E ^c   Russchenbert, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRIORI; CLOUD RADAR; DIFFERENT SIZES; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; EXTINCTION PROFILES; GROUND BASED; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MODEL EVALUATION; PROFILING METHODS; PROFILING SYSTEMS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; SCANNING MEASUREMENT; SCANNING MODE; TARGET CLASSIFICATION; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMODYNAMIC STATE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WEATHER SERVICES;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; LAUNCHING; LIQUIDS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVES; RADAR; SCANNING; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE;

WATER CONTENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DETECTION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSOR; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 65949115081     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA961.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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