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Climatological characteristics of cloud distribution and planetary boundary layer structure in Jakarta, Indonesia revealed by lidar observation
Author(s) -
Sugimoto Nobuo,
Matsui Ichiro,
Shimizu Atsushi,
Pinandito Mego,
Sugondo Santoso
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2000gl011544
Subject(s) - lidar , altitude (triangle) , planetary boundary layer , atmospheric sciences , aerosol , environmental science , boundary layer , meteorology , geology , remote sensing , geography , physics , geometry , mathematics , thermodynamics
For two years we observed the vertical distribution of clouds and aerosols in Jakarta, Indonesia, with ground‐based Mie scattering lidars. A histogram of the cloud base height shows a notable maximum at an altitude of approximately 5 km, especially in the wet season. The planetary boundary layer height we inferred from the upper boundary of the aerosol layer was approximately 1.5–2 km in the wet season and 2–3 km in the dry season.