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Introduction","[{\"question\":\"What instruments are used to measure boundary layer height and entrainment zone thickness in this study?\",\"answer\":\"Two lidars and a radar wind profiler are used to observe boundary layer height and entrainment zone thickness during the Flatland96 experiment.\"},{\"question\":\"How do lidar and wind profiler backscatter mechanisms differ?\",\"answer\":\"Lidar backscatter is proportional to aerosol content (and some molecular scattering), whereas wind profiler backscatter depends on refractive index structure, including moisture gradients and turbulence strength.\"},{\"question\":\"How strong is the agreement among instruments for boundary layer height measurements?\",\"answer\":\"The study reports good agreement for boundary layer height at 1-hour resolution, with correlations of 0.87 and 0.95 between the profiler and each lidar under daytime convective conditions, and 0.99 between the two lidars.\"}]","Journal of Applied Meteorology - Volume 39 - Number 8 - Boundary Layer Height and Entrainment Zone Thickness Measured by Lidars and Wind-Profiling Radars | PDF",1790683291,444]