Evaluation of the boundary layer morning transition using the CL-31 ceilometer signals

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 367-380

  Sokół, Paulina ^a   Stachlewska, Iwona S ^a   Ungureanu, Ioana ^b   Stefan, Sabina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

boundary layer depth; ceilometer; morning transition

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; CEILOMETER; DYNAMIC CHANGES; FIRST DERIVATIVE; MORNING TRANSITION; SIMPLE METHOD; SUMMER SEASON;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; ERROR ANALYSIS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER;

ROMANIA;

EID: 84892455934     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-013-0158-5     Document Type: Article

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