Investigation of the Planetary Boundary Layer in the Swiss Alps Using Remote Sensing and In Situ Measurements

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 317-334

  Ketterer, C ^a,b,c   Zieger, P ^a,d   Bukowiecki, N ^a   Collaud Coen, M ^b   Maier, O ^b   Ruffieux, D ^b   Weingartner, E ^a,e  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Ceilometer; Complex topography; In situ measurements; Jungfraujoch; Remote sensing; Switzerland; Wind profiler

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CEILOMETER; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; JUNGFRAUJOCH; SWITZERLAND; WIND PROFILER;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; REMOTE SENSING; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND PROFILE;

ALPS; BERN [SWITZERLAND]; JUNGFRAUJOCH; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84897020283     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-013-9897-8     Document Type: Article

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