Retrieval of boundary layer height from lidar using extended Kalman filter approach, classic methods, and backtrajectory cluster analysis

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9242, Issue , 2014, Pages

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

^a BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

boundary layer; bulk Richardson; cluster analysis; EARLINET; Kalman filter; lidar

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; BANDPASS FILTERS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; KALMAN FILTERS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

BARCELONA , SPAIN; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; EARLINET; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; RICHARDSON;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 84982728800     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2072049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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