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Research article
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12 Jun 2017
Research article |
| 12 Jun 2017
A new methodology for PBL height estimations based on lidar depolarization measurements: analysis and comparison against MWR and WRF model-based results
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Granada, Spain
Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
now at: Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, CNRS–Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France
Gregori de Arruda Moreira
Institute of Energetic and Nuclear Research (IPEN), São Paulo, Brazil
Francisco Navas-Guzmán
Institute of Applied Physics (IAP), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
María José Granados-Muñoz
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Granada, Spain
Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
currently at: Table Mountain Facility, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Wrightwood, California, USA
Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Granada, Spain
Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
David Pozo-Vázquez
Department of Physics, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
Clara Arbizu-Barrena
Department of Physics, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
Francisco José Olmo Reyes
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Granada, Spain
Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Marc Mallet
Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, UMR 3589, Météo-France/CNRS, Toulouse, France
Lucas Alados Arboledas
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Granada, Spain
Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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The automatic detection of the planetary boundary layer height (PBL height) by means of lidar measurements still presents difficulties. This work shows an improvement in the PBL height detection using lidar depolarization measurements. To our knowledge, it is the first time that the lidar depolarization technique is used for this purpose. Also, the PBL height derived from the WRF model is compared with the PBL heights of this new method and from a microwave radiometer during CHARMEX campaigns.
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