The evaluation of a new method to detect mixing layer heights using lidar observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2041-2051

  Hicks, Micheal ^a   Sakai, Ricardo ^b   Joseph, Everette ^b  

^a National Weather Service   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Atm Ocean Structure Phenomena; Boundary layer; Microscale processes variability; Observational techniques and algorithms

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; OPTICAL RADAR;

BACKSCATTER PROFILES; CRITICAL COMPONENT; DETECTION METHODS; ERROR FUNCTION; LIDAR OBSERVATION; MICROSCALE PROCESSES/VARIABILITY; MIXING LAYER HEIGHT; WAVELET COVARIANCE TRANSFORM;

MIXING;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; LIDAR;

EID: 84950246246     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00103.1     Document Type: Article

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