Improved mixing height monitoring through a combination of lidar and radon measurements

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 207-218

  Griffiths, A D ^a   Parkes, S D ^a   Chambers, S D ^a   McCabe, M F ^b   Williams, A G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LIDAR; MIXING; MONITORING; RADON ISOTOPE; SIGNAL; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84873418712     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-207-2013     Document Type: Article

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