Continuous monitoring of boundary layer height over Nizhny Novgorod

Abstract

The atmospheric boundary layer height is a key parameter characterizing this layer. The accurate evaluation of this parameter is critically important for almost all tropospheric research. Recently, remote sensing technique with the use of microwave passive radiometers is widely used for these purposes. IAP RAS performs continuous measurements of troposphere parameters (temperature and water vapor profiles) by the microwave profiler RPG HATPRO-G3. In this work, the dataset obtained during 2013 -2018 is applied for determining the boundary layer height over Nizhny Novgorod. We compare the results with the estimation of boundary layer height from radiosonde data.