Ceilometer evaluation of the eastern Mediterranean summer boundary layer height-first study of two Israeli sites

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 4387-4398

  Uzan, Leenes ^a,b   Egert, Smadar ^a   Alpert, Pinhas ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Associations of Towns for Environmental Protection (Sharon Carmel)   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIXING; RADIOSONDE; SEA BREEZE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84987616123     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-4387-2016     Document Type: Article

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