Mixing-layer height retrieval with ceilometer and Doppler lidar: From case studies to long-term assessment

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3685-3704

  Schween, J H ^a   Hirsikko, A ^b   Lohnert U ^a   Crewell, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; DOPPLER LIDAR; INSTRUMENTATION; THRESHOLD; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84911885853     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-3685-2014     Document Type: Article

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