Ceilometer evaluation of the eastern Mediterranean summer boundary
layer height – first study of two Israeli sites

Uzan, Leenes; Egert, Smadar; Alpert, Pinhas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4387-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4387-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4387-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 9

Research article

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07 Sep 2016

Research article |

| 07 Sep 2016

Ceilometer evaluation of the eastern Mediterranean summer boundary layer height – first study of two Israeli sites

Leenes Uzan, Smadar Egert, and Pinhas Alpert

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RC1: 'Review of Uzan et al. "Ceilometer evaluation..."', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Response to anonymous referee #1', Leenes Uzan, 20 Jun 2016
  - RC3: 'Thanks for the response', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jun 2016
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Ceilometer evaluation of the East Mediterranean summer boundary layer height – first study of two Israeli sites” by L. Uzan et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Response to anonymous referee #2', Leenes Uzan, 20 Jun 2016

Short summary

Compared to other regions, the eastern Mediterranean is rich in aerosol content and dust storms but poor in atmospheric measurements. This research is a first attempt in Israel to estimate the diurnal mixed layer height (MLH) based on CL31 ceilometers using the wavelet covariance transform (WCT) method. Simultaneous measurements, onshore and inland, showed a significant difference of 200 m of the MLH between the two sites, only 7.5 km apart, which complies well with radiosonde profiles.