Boundary layer height measurements over Doha using Lidar

D. Bachour; D. Perez-Astudillo

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.10.094

Boundary layer height measurements over Doha using Lidar

D. Bachour^*, D. Perez-Astudillo

^*Corresponding author for this work

QEERI - Energy Center

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Abstract

A Vaisala CL51 ceilometer, based on the Lidar technique, has been installed in Doha, at one building inside Qatar Foundation's Education City, and is operating since December 2012. It is being used to perform backscatter profiles measurements of the atmosphere in an attempt to study the effects of aerosols on solar radiation. Lidar observations give an estimate of the planetary Boundary Layer height at this location. The Boundary Layer height is determined by the Vaisala Boundary Layer View Software BL-VIEW using the gradient method based on the detection of strong changes in the vertical back-scattering aerosol profile. The scope of the present study is to present the measurements of the Boundary Layer height over Doha taken during several months using Lidar; a comparison of CL51 observations with solar radiation ground measurements is also included.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1086-1091
Number of pages	6
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	57
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.10.094
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	2013 ISES Solar World Congress, SWC 2013 - Cancun, Mexico Duration: 3 Nov 2013 → 7 Nov 2013

Keywords

Aerosols
Boundary layer
Ceilometer
Lidar
Solar radiation

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Boundary layer height measurements over Doha using Lidar

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