Retrieval of atmospheric boundary layer height by CSIRNLC mobile lidar, pretoria (25.5° S; 28.2° E), South Africa

Author

Sivakumar, V. ; Sharma, A. ; Bollig, C.

Author_Institution

Nat. Laser Centre, Council for Sci. & Ind. Res., Pretoria, South Africa

fYear

2011

fDate

24-29 July 2011

Firstpage

4115

Lastpage

4118

Abstract

In this paper, we present the preliminary methods for detection of the boundary layer based on backscattered signals from a mobile LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) developed at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) National Laser Centre (NLC), Pretoria (25.5° S; 28.2° E), South Africa. We have concentrated on two different methods, such as (a) statistical and (b) slope. The preliminary study concludes that the statistical method provides a reasonable temporal evolution of the boundary layer height in comparison with the slope method.

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric techniques; backscatter; optical radar; statistical analysis; CSIR NLC mobile LIDAR; CSIR National Laser Centre; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; Light Detection And Ranging; Pretoria; South Africa; atmospheric boundary layer height retrieval; backscattered signal; boundary layer detection; slope method; statistical method; temporal evolution; Aerosols; Atmospheric measurements; Clouds; Laser radar; Laser theory; Mobile communication; Statistical analysis; Aerosols and Boundary layer; Atmospheric measurements; Remote sensing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1003-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050138

Filename

6050138