The climatology of planetary boundary layer height in China derived from radiosonde and reanalysis data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 13309-13319

  Guo, Jianping ^a   Miao, Yucong ^a   Zhang, Yong ^b   Liu, Huan ^a   Li, Zhanqing ^c,d   Zhang, Wanchun ^a   He, Jing ^a   Lou, Mengyun ^a   Yan, Yan ^a   Bian, Lingen ^a   Zhai, Panmao ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; RADIOSONDE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84993660384     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-13309-2016     Document Type: Article

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