I witnessed the impact of a pollution event at our location Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. For this purpose I wanted to investigate the role of boundary layer height. Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to determine it via satellite observations or any other means available?
You might also want to check out the review by Seibert:
Seibert, P., F. Beyrich, S. E. Gryning, S. Joffre, A. Rasmussen, and P. Tercier (2000), Review and intercomparison of operational methods for the determination of the mixing height, Atmos. Environ., 34, 1001–1027, doi:10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00349-0.
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and our climatology paper:
Seidel et al: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012JD018143
The following references might be useful
1) Boundary Layer Height Estimation by Sodar and Sonic
Anemometer Measurements by D. Contini , D. Cava, P. Martano, A. Donateo, F.M. Grasso
(2) Estimating the depth of day time convective boundary layer by J.C. Kaimal (JAM-1982)
(3) AN INDEPENDENT METHOD TO DETERMINE THE HEIGHT OF THE
MIXED LAYER by XIAOHU LIU and EIJI OHTAKI ( BLM-1997)
(4) Probability density functions of turbulent velocity and temperature fluctuations in the unstable atmospheric surface layer. by Lei Liu et al., Journal of Geophysical Research
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