Comparisons of PBL heights derived from CALIPSO and ECMWF reanalysis data over China

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 153, Issue , 2015, Pages 102-112

  Liu, Jingjing ^a   Huang, Jianping ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Zhou, Tian ^a   Yan, Hongru ^a   Jin, Hongchun ^a   Huang, Zhongwei ^a   Zhang, Beidou ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CALIPSO; ECMWF; PBL

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; OPTICAL RADAR;

CALIPSO; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; ECMWF; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; PBL; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; STANDARD DEVIATION METHOD;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CALIPSO; LAND COVER; LIDAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA;

EID: 85027947386     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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