Lidar Observation of Elevated Pollution Layers over Los Angeles
1986; American Meteorological Society; Volume: 25; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1175/1520-0450(1986)025 2.0.co;2
ISSN2163-5366
AutoresRoger M. Wakimoto, James L. McElroy,
Tópico(s)Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
ResumoElevated pollution layers are observed over Los Angeles with an aircraft equipped with a downward-looking lidar. For the first time, detailed ancillary upper-air kinematic and thermodynamic data were collected simultaneously to aid in the interpretation of these elevated layers. It is concluded that upper-level winds within the inversion, orographic effects, and thermally induced changes in the depth of the mixed layer control the evolution of these layers.
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