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Modelling monthly Boundary Layer Height maps combining radiosonde, satellite, and reanalysis over Europe
Carina I. Argañaraz
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Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
Center of Excellence in Telesensing of Environment and Model Prediction of Severe events (CETEMPS), Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
Andreu Salcedo-Bosch
CNR-IMAA, Contrada S. Loja snc, 85050 Tito Scalo (PZ), Italy
Simone Lolli
CNR-IMAA, Contrada S. Loja snc, 85050 Tito Scalo (PZ), Italy
Gabriele Curci
Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
Center of Excellence in Telesensing of Environment and Model Prediction of Severe events (CETEMPS), Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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Short summary
In this study, maps of the planetary boundary layer over Europe were generated by integrating multiple data sources. The results show higher accuracy compared with the widely used ERA5 reanalysis. The proposed regression kriging method performed well in estimating the height of the boundary layer at 12:00 UTC, and to a lesser extent at 00:00 UTC.
In this study, maps of the planetary boundary layer over Europe were generated by integrating...
