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

Luo, T., R. Yuan, and Z. Wang (2014), Lidar-based remote sensing of atmospheric boundary layer height over land and ocean, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 173-182, doi:10.5194/amt-7-173-2014.
Abstract: 

Atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) processes are important in climate, weather and air quality. A better understanding of the structure and the behavior of the ABL is required for understanding and modeling of the chemistry and dynamics of the atmosphere on all scales. Based on the systematic variations of the ABL structures over different surfaces, different lidar-based methods were developed and evaluated to determine the boundary layer height and mixing layer height over land and ocean. With Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) Climate Research Facility (ACRF) micropulse lidar (MPL) and radiosonde measurements, diurnal and season cycles of atmospheric boundary layer depth and the ABL vertical structure over ocean and land are analyzed. The new methods are then applied to satellite lidar measurements. The aerosol-derived global marine boundary layer heights are evaluated with marine ABL stratiform cloud top heights and results show a good agreement between them.

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Research Program: 
Radiation Science Program (RSP)
Mission: 
CloudSat
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