A Comparative Study and Evaluation of Mixing-Height Estimation Based on Sodar-RASS, Ceilometer Data and Numerical Model Simulations

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 507-526

  Helmis, C G ^a   Sgouros, G ^a   Tombrou, M ^a   Schafer K ^b   Munkel C ^c   Bossioli, E ^a   Dandou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c VAISALA OYJ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Ceilometer; Mixing height; Penn State NCAR MM5 mesoscale model; Sodar; WRF mesoscale model

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; BACKGROUND FLOW; BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; BACKSCATTER SIGNALS; CEILOMETER; CEILOMETER SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DATA SETS; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; FIRST DERIVATIVE; HEIGHT ESTIMATION; HOMOGENEOUS ATMOSPHERES; LOCAL FLOWS; MECHANICAL TURBULENCE; MESOSCALE MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MIXING HEIGHT; MODEL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL SIMULATIONS; PENN STATE; REMOTE SYSTEMS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SIGNAL CONDITION; SODAR; STRONG WINDS; SURFACE-BASED; SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; WEAK STABILITY; WEATHER RESEARCH;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BACKSCATTERING; CLIMATOLOGY; DIFFUSION; ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOSONDE; REMOTE SENSING; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SODAR; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84868466804     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-012-9743-4     Document Type: Article

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