Atmospheric Boundary Layer Height: Inter-Comparison of Different Estimation Approaches Using the Raman Lidar as Benchmark
Created March 19, 2026
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Atmospheric Boundary Layer Height: Inter-Comparison of Different Estimation Approaches Using the Raman Lidar as Benchmark
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10.3390/rs15051381; 20.500.14243/463386; 11563/167374
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Donato Summa, orcid: 0000-0002-0867-4144 ; Gemine Vivone, orcid: 0000-0001-9542-0638 ; Noemi Franco, orcid: ; Giuseppe D'Amico, orcid: 0000-0001-6627-2517 ; Benedetto de Rosa, orcid: 0009-0008-3678-8385 ; Paolo Di Girolamo, orcid: 0000-0002-7420-3164
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<jats:p>This work stems from the idea of improving the capability to measure the atmospheric boundary layer height (ABLH) in variable or unstable weather conditions or in the presence of turbulence and precipitation events. A new approach based on the use of rotational and roto-vibrational Raman lidar signals is considered and tested. The traditional gradient approach based on the elastic signals at wavelength 532 nm is also considered. Lidar data collected by the University of Basilicata Raman lidar (BASIL) within the Special Observation Period 1 (SOP 1) in Cardillargues (Ceveninnes–CV supersite) during the Hydrological Cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment (HyMeX) were used. Our attention was specifically focused on the data collected during the period 16–21 October 2012. ABLH estimates from the Raman lidar were compared against other innovative methods, such as the recently established Morphological Image Processing Approach (MIPA) and the temperature gradient technique applied to potential temperature obtained from radio-sounding data. For each considered methodology, a statistical analysis was carried out. In general, the results from the different methodologies are in good agreement. Some deviations have been observed in correspondence with quite unstable weather conditions.</jats:p>
Publication Date
2023-02-28
Publisher
MDPI AG
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MIPA; remote sensing; atmospheric boundary layer; 13. Climate action; aerosol; Science; water vapor; Q; atmospheric boundary layer; water vapor; aerosol; range corrected signals; MIPA; potential temperature; lidar; remote sensing; range corrected signal; range corrected signals; potential temperature; lidar
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Remote Sensing
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1381
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2072-4292
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15
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