A comparison of estimated mixing height by multiple remote sensing instruments and its influence on air quality in urban regions

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 730-733

  Gan, Chuen Meei ^a,b   Wu, Y H ^a   Gross, B M ^a   Arend, M ^a   Moshary, F ^a   Ahmed, S ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; And wind profiler; Ceilometer; Lidar; Mixing height

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MIXING; OPTICAL RADAR;

AIR QUALITY MODELING; CEILOMETER; MIXING HEIGHT; MULTIPLE INSTRUMENTS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; WIND PROFILER;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 78650868431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5649785     Document Type: Conference Paper

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