Estimates of North American summertime planetary boundary layer depths derived from space-borne lidar

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  McGrath Spangler, Erica L ^a,b,c   Denning, A Scott ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BACKSCATTERING; COASTAL ZONES; ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGY;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PROPERTIES; BOREAL FORESTS; CALIPSO; CLEAR SKY; COASTAL AREA; HIGH RATE; LIDAR SIGNALS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NORTH AMERICAN; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; REANALYSIS; RETRIEVAL RATE; SPACE-BASED; SPACE-BORNE LIDAR; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUBTROPICAL OCEAN;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ARID REGION; BACKSCATTER; BOREAL FOREST; BOUNDARY LAYER; CALIPSO; CARBON; CLEAR SKY; ENERGY FLUX; LIDAR; MOISTURE; MOMENTUM; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; SUBSIDENCE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864835460     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017615     Document Type: Article

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