Application of lidar data to assist airmass discrimination at the whistler mountaintop observatory

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1733-1739

  Gallagher, John P ^a   McKendry, Ian G ^a   Cottle, Paul W ^a   Macdonald, Anne Marie ^b   Leaitch, W Richard ^b   Strawbridge, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Boundary layer; Lidars Lidar observations; Mountain meteorology

Indexed keywords

AIR CHEMISTRY; AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLES; ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS; BACKSCATTER DATA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DATA SETS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; LIDAR DATA; LIDAR SYSTEMS; MOUNTAINOUS ENVIRONMENT; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUILDINGS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LANDFORMS; OBSERVATORIES; OZONE;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; LIDAR; MOUNTAIN;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; WHISTLER;

EID: 84872136704     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-067.1     Document Type: Article

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