Lidar-based remote sensing of atmospheric boundary layer height over land and ocean

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 173-182

  Luo, T ^a,b   Yuan, R ^b   Wang, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND TYPE; LIDAR; LITHOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIOSONDE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFORM CLOUD; WEATHER;

EID: 85006052060     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-173-2014     Document Type: Article

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