Title
Synergetic Use Of Lidar And Microwave Radiometer Observations For Boundary-Layer Height Detection
Abstract
A synergetic approach for estimation of the nocturnal stable boundary-layer (SBL) height is presented. Aerosol backscatter from a lidar ceilometer and potential temperature from a microwave radiometer (MWR) are combined by using an extended Kalman filter (EKF). While height-resolved spatial-variance from the ceilometer backscatter signal provides a signature for the stratification of aerosols in the SBL, temperature data from the MWR helps to correctly incorporate information about the thermodynamic stability of atmosphere. The method is applied to data from a Vaisala CT25K ceilometer and a Humidity-and-Temperature Profiler (HAT-PRO) MWR collected during the HD(CP)(2) Observational Prototype Experiment (HOPE) campaign at Julich, Germany.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2015
2015 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS)
Stable boundary layer, lidar, microwave radiometer, spatial variance, Kalman filter
Field
DocType
ISSN
Meteorology,Atmosphere,Extended Kalman filter,Potential temperature,Computer science,Ceilometer,Backscatter,Remote sensing,Aerosol,Lidar,Microwave radiometer
Conference
2153-6996
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.60
2
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Umar Saeed152.06
Francesc Rocadenbosch21714.54
Susanne Crewell3267.63