Evaluating forecasts of the evolution of the cloudy boundary layer using diurnal composites of radar and lidar observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Barrett, Andrew I ^a   Hogan, Robin J ^a   O'Connor, Ewan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL RADAR;

CLOUD HEIGHTS; CLOUD-BASE HEIGHT; CLOUDY BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDY DAYS; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXPLICIT FORMULATION; LIDAR OBSERVATION; LIQUID WATER PATHS; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; REGIONAL MODEL; SINUSOIDAL VARIATIONS;

RADIOMETRY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENTRAINMENT; LIDAR; RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHILBOLTON; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71949121703     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038919     Document Type: Article

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