Planetary boundary layer height from CALIOP compared to radiosonde over China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 9951-9963

  Zhang, Wanchun ^a   Guo, Jianping ^a   Miao, Yucong ^a,b   Liu, Huan ^a   Zhang, Yong ^c   Li, Zhengqiang ^d   Zhai, Panmao ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CALIOP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; DATA QUALITY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; RADIOSONDE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; JINHUA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84981340997     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-9951-2016     Document Type: Article

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