Articles | Volume 15, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3075-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3075-2022
Research article
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18 May 2022
Research article |  | 18 May 2022

Boundary-layer height and surface stability at Hyytiälä, Finland, in ERA5 and observations

Victoria Anne Sinclair, Jenna Ritvanen, Gabin Urbancic, Irene Erner, Yurii Batrak, Dmitri Moisseev, and Mona Kurppa

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We investigate the boundary-layer (BL) height and surface stability in southern Finland using radiosondes, a microwave radiometer and ERA5 reanalysis. Accurately quantifying the BL height is challenging, and the diagnosed BL height can depend strongly on the method used. Microwave radiometers provide reliable estimates of the BL height but only in unstable conditions. ERA5 captures the BL height well except under very stable conditions, which occur most commonly at night during the warm season.
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