Mixing height determination by tethered balloon-based particle soundings and modeling simulations

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 145-156

  Ferrero, L ^a   Riccio, A ^b   Perrone, M G ^a   Sangiorgi, G ^a   Ferrini, B S ^a   Bolzacchini, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mixing height; MM5; Modeling simulation; Optical particle counter; Particulate matter; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

MIXING HEIGHT; MM5; MODELING SIMULATION; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BALLOONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; LANDFORMS; RADIATION COUNTERS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BALLOON OBSERVATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ITALY; PO VALLEY;

EID: 80052866909     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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