Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Instrumentation
• Atmospheric Boundary Layer Studies
  • Atmospheric Boundary Layer Structure
  • Methods for Determining Structural Parameters
    • Convective Boundary Layer Mean Depth in Clear Air
    • Convective Boundary Layer Mean Depth with Clouds
    • Cloud Base Altitude
    • Cloud Top Altitude
    • Cloud Coverage and Cloud Shadows
  • Results and Discussion
• Wind Profiling
  • Wind Profiling Method
    • Filtering Backscatter Profiles
    • Constructing CAPPI Scans
    • Processing CAPPI Scans
    • Estimating Mean Wind
    • Calculating Time-Averaged Wind Profiles
    • Summary of the Wind Profiling Algorithm
  • Error Analysis
    • Random Cross Correlation Function Regions
    • Noise in the Cross Correlation Function
  • Results and Discussion
    • Reliability Analysis
    • Comparisons with Flight-Path Averaged and Point Measurements
    • Accuracy Analysis
    • Summary of Wind Profiles from FIFE
• Conclusions
• References
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