Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1003-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050138
