Articles | Volume 7, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3685-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3685-2014
Research article
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08 Nov 2014
Research article |  | 08 Nov 2014

Mixing-layer height retrieval with ceilometer and Doppler lidar: from case studies to long-term assessment

J. H. Schween, A. Hirsikko, U. Löhnert, and S. Crewell

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