Application of active optical sensors to probe the vertical structure of the urban boundary layer and assess anomalies in air quality model PM2.5 forecasts

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 6613-6621

  Gan, Chuen Meei ^a   Wu, Yonghua ^a   Madhavan, B L ^a   Gross, Barry ^a   Moshary, Fred ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Air quality model; Ceilometer; Lidar; Particulate matter; Planetary boundary layer; Wavelet covariance transform

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODEL; CEILOMETER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; WAVELET COVARIANCE TRANSFORM;

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CORRELATION; DIAMETER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIDAR; LINEARITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH WORK; TURBULENT MIXING; URBAN AREA; WAVELET;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; FORECASTING; OPTICAL BIOSENSOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SUMMER; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN AREA; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053905564     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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