Exploring a geophysical process-based attribution technique for the determination of the atmospheric boundary layer depth using aerosol lidar and near-surface meteorological measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 9277-9295

  Pal, Sandip ^a,b   Haeffelin, Martial ^a   Batchvarova, Ekaterina ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTHS; BACKSCATTER SIGNALS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; LIDAR OBSERVATION; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; MICROMETEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; RADIOSONDE MEASUREMENTS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATOLOGY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; MICROMETEOROLOGY; OBSERVATORY; RADIOSONDE; SUBURBAN AREA; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84885091889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50710     Document Type: Article

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