Comparison of planetary boundary layer height from ceilometer with ARM radiosonde data

Zhang, Damao; Comstock, Jennifer; Morris, Victor

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4735-2022

Articles | Volume 15, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4735-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4735-2022

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

Articles | Volume 15, issue 16

Research article

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22 Aug 2022

Research article |

| 22 Aug 2022

Comparison of planetary boundary layer height from ceilometer with ARM radiosonde data

Damao Zhang, Jennifer Comstock, and Victor Morris

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4735-2022-supplement

Data sets

Boundary-Layer Height Data with CEIL (CEILPBLHT) V. Morris and E. Brian https://doi.org/10.5439/1095593

Planetary Boundary Layer Height (PBLHTSONDE1MCFARL) L. Riihimaki and D. Zhang https://doi.org/10.5439/1150253

Short summary

The planetary boundary layer is the lowest part of the atmosphere. Its structure and depth (PBLHT) significantly impact air quality, global climate, land–atmosphere interactions, and a wide range of atmospheric processes. To test the robustness of the ceilometer-estimated PBLHT under different atmospheric conditions, we compared ceilometer- and radiosonde-estimated PBLHTs using multiple years of U.S. DOE ARM measurements at various ARM observatories located around the world.