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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
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geosciences, Raymond and Beverly Sackler
Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801,
Israel
Associations of Towns for Environmental Protection (Sharon-Carmel),
Hadera, 3850100, Israel
Smadar Egert
Department of Geosciences, Raymond and Beverly Sackler
Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801,
Israel
Pinhas Alpert
Department of Geosciences, Raymond and Beverly Sackler
Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801,
Israel
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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.
Compared to other regions, the eastern Mediterranean is rich in aerosol content and dust storms...
