Estimation of the mixing layer height over a high altitude site in Central Himalayan region by using Doppler lidar

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-53

  Shukla, K K ^a,b   Phanikumar, D V ^a   Newsom, Rob K ^c   Niranjan Kumar, K ^d   Venkat Ratnam, M ^e   Naja, M ^a   Singh, Narendra ^a  

^a ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ARIES   (India)

^b PT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Doppler lidar; GVAX; Mixing layer height

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER LIDARS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GVAX; HIGH ALTITUDE SITES; MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS; MIXING LAYER HEIGHT; ROBUST METHODS; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

DOPPLER EFFECT; ESTIMATION;

MIXING;

EID: 84893366886     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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