Evaluation of the Interpretation of Ceilometer Data with RASS and Radiosonde Data

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-35

  Emeis, Stefan ^a   Schäfer, Klaus ^a   Münkel, Christoph ^b   Friedl, Roman ^a   Suppan, Peter ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b VAISALA OYJ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Ceilometer; Lidar; Mixing layer height; Radio acoustic sounding system; Sodar

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS; AUGSBURG; BACKSCATTER INFORMATION; BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; CEILOMETER; EYE-SAFE; GERMANY; MIXED LAYER; MIXING-LAYER HEIGHT; RADIO-ACOUSTIC SOUNDING SYSTEM; RADIOSONDE DATAS; REMOTE MONITORING; SODAR; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; TURBULENT LAYER; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VERTICAL VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BACKSCATTERING; CLIMATOLOGY; MIXING; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOSONDES;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LIDAR; MIXED LAYER; RADIOSONDE; SODAR; SOFTWARE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

AUGSBURG; BAVARIA; GERMANY;

EID: 84857998804     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9604-6     Document Type: Article

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