PBL-height derivation from the CALIOP/CALIPSO and comparing with the radiosonde and ground-based lidar measurements

Yonghua Wu; Chuen-Meei Gan; Lina Cordero; Barry Gross; Fred Moshary; Sam Ahmed

doi:10.1117/12.865146

26 October 2010 PBL-height derivation from the CALIOP/CALIPSO and comparing with the radiosonde and ground-based lidar measurements

Yonghua Wu, Chuen-Meei Gan, Lina Cordero, Barry Gross, Fred Moshary, Sam Ahmed

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Proceedings Volume 7832, Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing VI; 78320C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.865146
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2010, Toulouse, France

Abstract

The planetary boundary layer (PBL) heights are derived from the CALIOP/CALIPSO level-1B attenuated backscatter profile using the wavelet transform technique. The results are compared to those by the radiosonde and ground-based lidar coincident measurements. The comparison generally indicates the good agreement and the correlation coefficient is greater than 0.7. In addition, we found the good consistence between the CALIOP-derived PBL height and the selected aerosol-layer-top of CALIPSO level-2 aerosol-layer products (5-km average). Finally, the spatial distribution of PBL heights and their seasonal differences are initially illustrated over the US continent.

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Yonghua Wu, Chuen-Meei Gan, Lina Cordero, Barry Gross, Fred Moshary, and Sam Ahmed "PBL-height derivation from the CALIOP/CALIPSO and comparing with the radiosonde and ground-based lidar measurements", Proc. SPIE 7832, Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing VI, 78320C (26 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.865146

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