A comparative study of boundary layer height measurement techniques using data from a continuously operated portable lidar (PAL)

Authors

Rach C. dela Rama ⋅ PH Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Nofel Lagrosas ⋅ PH Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Nobuo Takeuchi ⋅ JP Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Japan
Hiroaki Kuze ⋅ JP Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Japan

Abstract

Lidar data are used to measure the boundary layer height (BLH) of the atmosphere. In this paper, a comparative study among the basic methods (first and second derivatives and standard deviation) is done to get the BLH from a continuously-operated portable automated lidar (PAL) data gathered in Chiba, Japan. Of the three techniques, the first derivative and standard deviation methods can effectively trace the BLH when the backscattered signals are high enough to show a distinct BLH.

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Issue

2005: Proceedings of the 23rd Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-1995-1G-02

Section

Atmospheric Studies

Published

2005-10-26

How to Cite

[1]

RC dela Rama, N Lagrosas, N Takeuchi, and H Kuze, A comparative study of boundary layer height measurement techniques using data from a continuously operated portable lidar (PAL), Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 23, SPP-1995-1G-02 (2005). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-1995-1G-02.