Atmospheric boundary layer height from ground-based remote sensing: a review of capabilities and limitations

S Kotthaus, JA Bravo-Aranda… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - amt.copernicus.org
The atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) defines the volume of air adjacent to the Earth's
surface for the dilution of heat, moisture, and trace substances. Quantitative knowledge on …

A review of progress and applications of pulsed Doppler wind LiDARs

Z Liu, JF Barlow, PW Chan, JCH Fung, Y Li, C Ren… - remote sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Doppler wind LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) makes use of the principle of optical
Doppler shift between the reference and backscattered radiations to measure radial …

Atmospheric boundary‐layer characteristics from ceilometer measurements. Part 1: A new method to track mixed layer height and classify clouds

S Kotthaus, CSB Grimmond - Quarterly Journal of the Royal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The use of Automatic Lidars and Ceilometers (ALC) is increasingly extended beyond
monitoring cloud base height to the study of atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) dynamics …

Atmospheric boundary layer classification with Doppler lidar

AJ Manninen, T Marke, M Tuononen… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We present a method using Doppler lidar data for identifying the main sources of turbulent
mixing within the atmospheric boundary layer. The method identifies the presence of …

Characteristics of heavy particulate matter pollution events over Hong Kong and their relationships with vertical wind profiles using high‐time‐resolution Doppler lidar …

Y Yang, SHL Yim, J Haywood… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies have reported boundary layer features related to air pollution. However,
few studies have comprehensively evaluated the characteristics and mechanisms of vertical …

Diurnal evolution of the wintertime boundary layer in urban Beijing, China: Insights from Doppler Lidar and a 325-m meteorological tower

Y Yang, S Fan, L Wang, Z Gao, Y Zhang, H Zou… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The diurnal evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer—the lowermost part of the
atmosphere where the majority of human activity and meteorological phenomena take place …

Transition periods in the diurnally-varying atmospheric boundary layer over land

WM Angevine, JM Edwards, M Lothon… - Boundary-Layer …, 2020 - Springer
The atmospheric boundary layer undergoes transitions between stable and convective
states. Over land, in undisturbed conditions, these transitions occur daily in the morning and …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating exchange processes over complex topography: The Innsbruck box (i-Box)

MW Rotach, I Stiperski, O Fuhrer… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Investigating Exchange Processes over Complex Topography: The Innsbruck Box (i-Box) in:
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 98 Issue 4 (2017) Jump to Content …

Low-level mixing height detection in coastal locations with a scanning Doppler lidar

V Vakkari, EJ O'connor, A Nisantzi… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - amt.copernicus.org
Mixing layer height (MLH) is one of the key parameters in describing lower tropospheric
dynamics and capturing its diurnal variability is crucial, especially for interpreting surface …

UCLALES–SALSA v1. 0: a large-eddy model with interactive sectional microphysics for aerosol, clouds and precipitation

J Tonttila, Z Maalick, T Raatikainen… - Geoscientific Model …, 2017 - gmd.copernicus.org
Challenges in understanding the aerosol–cloud interactions and their impacts on global
climate highlight the need for improved knowledge of the underlying physical processes and …