Mixing layer height retrievals by multichannel microwave radiometer observations

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2941-2951

  Cimini, D ^a,b   De Angelis, F ^b   Dupont, J C ^c   Pal, S ^d,e   Haeffelin, M ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEIGHT; HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MIXING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOMETER; RADIOSONDE; REMOTE SENSING; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 84887093930     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-2941-2013     Document Type: Article

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