Impact
A range of stakeholders are interested in high resolution atmospheric boundary layer height estimates. Applications that utilise first results from the ABL testbed, include the following examples: Assessment of uncertainties in modelling CO2 concentrations (Lian et al. 2021) Process understanding of severe air pollution episodes (Foret et al 2022). …
Implementation & data access
The ABL testbed is conducted at Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL) under the scientific lead of Simone Kotthaus with support from the team of the SIRTA observatory (Martial Haeffelin, Marc-Antoine Drouin, Jean-Charles Dupont). Melania Van Hove (IPSL) is performing data analysis and algorithm evaluation. The AERIS/ESPRI Data and Services Centre is responsible for the database […]
Objectives
Air quality and local climates in cities are strongly influenced by the urban environment both directly through alterations in surface morphology and the surface energy balance and also indirectly via atmospheric boundary layer dynamics as these affect the transport of air pollutants, heat, and moisture. Urban atmosphere dynamics are driven by a combination of the […]