Fiber optic distributed temperature sensing for the determination of the nocturnal atmospheric boundary layer height

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-149

  Keller, C A ^a   Huwald, H ^b   Vollmer, M K ^a   Wenger, A ^a   Hill, M ^a   Parlange, M B ^b   Reimann, S ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BALLOON OBSERVATION; DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIBER OPTICS; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; MIXING RATIO; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESOLUTION; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 82055163090     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-143-2011     Document Type: Article

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