Performance Evaluation of the Boundary-Layer Height from Lidar and the Weather Research and Forecasting Model at an Urban Coastal Site in the North-East Iberian Peninsula

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 265-292

  Banks, Robert F ^a,b   Tiana Alsina, Jordi ^b   Rocadenbosch, Francesc ^b   Baldasano, José M ^a,b  

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Back trajectory cluster analysis; Backscatter lidar; Complex urban terrain; Planetary boundary layer height; Weather Research and Forecasting model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BACKSCATTERING; BALLOONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; OPTICAL RADAR; URBAN GROWTH;

BACK TRAJECTORIES; BACKSCATTER LIDAR; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; URBAN TERRAIN; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEX TERRAIN; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; URBAN AREA;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 84942506036     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: 15731472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-015-0056-2     Document Type: Article

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