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 …

Challenges and opportunities in Lidar remote sensing

Z Wang, M Menenti - Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lidar (light detection and ranging, also LIDAR, LiDAR, and LADAR) advanced rapidly after
the invention of the laser in 1960 (Maiman, 1960; Woodbury et al., 1961; Smullin and Fiocco …

Connecting land–atmosphere interactions to surface heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD19

BJ Butterworth, AR Desai… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-Balance Study Enabled by
a High-Density Extensive Array of Detectors 2019 (CHEESEHEAD19) is an ongoing …

Ground-based temperature and humidity profiling: Combining active and passive remote sensors

DD Turner, U Löhnert - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques …, 2020 - amt.copernicus.org
Thermodynamic profiles in the planetary boundary layer (PBL) are important observations
for a range of atmospheric research and operational needs. These profiles can be retrieved …

[HTML][HTML] The CopterSonde: an insight into the development of a smart unmanned aircraft system for atmospheric boundary layer research

AR Segales, BR Greene, TM Bell… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - amt.copernicus.org
The CopterSonde is an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed in house by a team of
engineers and meteorologists at the University of Oklahoma. The CopterSonde is an …

Optimal estimation retrievals and their uncertainties: What every atmospheric scientist should know

M Maahn, DD Turner, U Löhnert… - Bulletin of the …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Remote sensing instruments are heavily used to provide observations for both the
operational and research communities. These sensors do not provide direct observations of …

A new generation of ground-based mobile platforms for active and passive profiling of the boundary layer

TJ Wagner, PM Klein, DD Turner - Bulletin of the American …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mobile systems equipped with remote sensing instruments capable of simultaneous profiling
of temperature, moisture, and wind at high temporal resolutions can offer insights into …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating convective planetary boundary layer height estimations resolved by both active and passive remote sensing instruments during the …

JB Duncan Jr, L Bianco, B Adler, T Bell… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - amt.copernicus.org
Abstract During the Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study
Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors 2019 (CHEESEHEAD19) field …

[HTML][HTML] Confronting the boundary layer data gap: Evaluating new and existing methodologies of probing the lower atmosphere

TM Bell, BR Greene, PM Klein… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - amt.copernicus.org
It is widely accepted that the atmospheric boundary layer is drastically under-sampled in the
vertical dimension. In recent years, the commercial availability of ground-based remote …

On the use of unmanned aircraft for sampling mesoscale phenomena in the preconvective boundary layer

SE Koch, M Fengler, PB Chilson… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
The potential value of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for monitoring the
preconvective environment and providing useful information in real time to weather …