Height of the planetary boundary layer during ICEALOT 2008

The planetary boundary layer (PBL) is a buoyantly stable feature of the lower troposphere that restricts mixing between the surface air and the free troposphere aloft. In the Arctic, PBL behavior is particularly important to atmospheric chemistry because most anthropogenic pollutants enter the regio...

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Main Author: Sawyer, Virginia
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Published: University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository 2009
Subjects:
Atmospheric Sciences
Arctic
Online Access:https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/495
https://scholars.unh.edu/context/thesis/article/1494/viewcontent/1472081.pdf
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spelling ftuninhampshire:oai:scholars.unh.edu:thesis-1494 2023-06-11T04:09:19+02:00 Height of the planetary boundary layer during ICEALOT 2008 Sawyer, Virginia 2009-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/495 https://scholars.unh.edu/context/thesis/article/1494/viewcontent/1472081.pdf unknown University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/495 https://scholars.unh.edu/context/thesis/article/1494/viewcontent/1472081.pdf Master's Theses and Capstones Atmospheric Sciences text 2009 ftuninhampshire 2023-05-04T17:35:48Z The planetary boundary layer (PBL) is a buoyantly stable feature of the lower troposphere that restricts mixing between the surface air and the free troposphere aloft. In the Arctic, PBL behavior is particularly important to atmospheric chemistry because most anthropogenic pollutants enter the region via long-range transport rather than local emissions, and therefore must pass through the PBL. PBL heights can be detected in the backscatter signal of the MPLNET aerosol lidar that was part of the ICEALOT research campaign of March and April 2008, along with observations of elevated aerosol plumes and cloud formation. Features in the MPLNET backscatter are compared to sonde data from the cruise and to backscatter profiles from overpasses by the CALIPSO satellite. Text Arctic University of New Hampshire: Scholars Repository Arctic
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Height of the planetary boundary layer during ICEALOT 2008
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description The planetary boundary layer (PBL) is a buoyantly stable feature of the lower troposphere that restricts mixing between the surface air and the free troposphere aloft. In the Arctic, PBL behavior is particularly important to atmospheric chemistry because most anthropogenic pollutants enter the region via long-range transport rather than local emissions, and therefore must pass through the PBL. PBL heights can be detected in the backscatter signal of the MPLNET aerosol lidar that was part of the ICEALOT research campaign of March and April 2008, along with observations of elevated aerosol plumes and cloud formation. Features in the MPLNET backscatter are compared to sonde data from the cruise and to backscatter profiles from overpasses by the CALIPSO satellite.
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