Evaluating convective planetary boundary layer height estimations resolved by both active and passive remote sensing instruments during the CHEESEHEAD19 field campaign

Duncan Jr., James B.; Bianco, Laura; Adler, Bianca; Bell, Tyler; Djalalova, Irina V.; Riihimaki, Laura; Sedlar, Joseph; Smith, Elizabeth N.; Turner, David D.; Wagner, Timothy J.; Wilczak, James M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2479-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2479-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2479-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 8

Research article

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25 Apr 2022

Research article |

| 25 Apr 2022

Evaluating convective planetary boundary layer height estimations resolved by both active and passive remote sensing instruments during the CHEESEHEAD19 field campaign

James B. Duncan Jr., Laura Bianco, Bianca Adler, Tyler Bell, Irina V. Djalalova, Laura Riihimaki, Joseph Sedlar, Elizabeth N. Smith, David D. Turner, Timothy J. Wagner, and James M. Wilczak

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2479-2022-supplement

Data sets

NOAA Microwave Radiometer Data and Thermodynamic Profile Retrievals B. Adler, L. Bianco, J. Duncan, D. D. Turner, and J. M. Wilczak https://doi.org/10.26023/Y0W2-8BAG-6Y0A

NOAA Planetary Boundary Layer Heights (PBLH) derived from the NOAA/PSL 915-MHz Wind Profiler Radars L. Bianco and J. Duncan https://doi.org/10.26023/B4RJ-38H5-C812

CLAMPS1 Doppler Lidar VAD Data P. Klein, E. Smith and T. Bell https://doi.org/10.26023/PRMW-P3ZC-FY05

NCAR/EOL ISS and UWI SPARC Radiosonde Data NCAR/EOL https://doi.org/10.26023/9WA4-KQKZ-9Q12

NOAA/GML RadSys RadFlux Analysis Products (Radiation and Cloud), ARV Lakeland Site L. Riihimaki, K. Lantz, and J. Sedlar https://doi.org/10.26023/R48S-CJDC-JS0D

NOAA/GML RadSys RadFlux Analysis Products (Radiation and Cloud), PRW Prentice Site L. Riihimaki, K. Lantz and J. Sedlar https://doi.org/10.26023/76TC-GYJV-DT06

NOAA/GML Ceilometer Data, ARV site J. Sedlar, L. Riihimaki and K. Lantz https://doi.org/10.26023/1E5S-8ET0-FJ0C

NOAA/GML Ceilometer Data, PRW site J. Sedlar, L. Riihimaki and K. Lantz https://doi.org/10.26023/34DH-ZE0B-JG0R

SSEC SPARC AERI Thermodynamic Profiles at WLEF Tower Site T. Wagner https://doi.org/10.26023/4VQP-V073-0Y06

NOAA PSL Radar Wind Profiler, Radio Acoustic Sounding System, and Surface Meteorology Data J. Wilczak and D. Gottas https://doi.org/10.26023/PQ0Q-T5TH-KY0Q

Cheesehead NCAR https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/cheesehead

Short summary

In this study, several ground-based remote sensing instruments are used to estimate the height of the convective planetary boundary layer, and their performance is compared against independent boundary layer depth estimates obtained from radiosondes launched as part of the CHEESEHEAD19 field campaign. The impact of clouds (particularly boundary layer clouds) on the estimation of the boundary layer depth is also investigated.