Articles | Volume 9, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4387-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4387-2016
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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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.