Author Affiliations
1College of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Nanjing 211101, China2State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Temporal distribution of the number of occultation profiles in January, April, July and October, 2007−2011.
Fig. 2. Flow chart of two-parameter model function method.
Fig. 3. Angle gradient profile obtained by the difference method and the model function method using the bending angle gradient profile (
BA represents the bending angle): (a) Bending angle profile with uniform random error
, boundary layer top height
; (b) bending angle profile with uniform random error
, boundary layer top height
; (c) bending angle profile with uniform random error
, boundary layer top height
; (d) bending angle profile with uniform random error
, boundary layer top height
.
Fig. 4. Height of the boundary layer obtained by the three methods: (a) Three methods to get the height of the boundary layer top based on profile 1, Htrue = 3.15 km, std(HM) = 0.013, std(HL) = 0.44, std(HM) = 0.61; (b) three methods to get the height of the boundary layer top based on profile 2, Htrue = 4.55 km, std(HM) = 0.020, std(HL) = 0.89, std(HM) = 1.19
Fig. 5. The 5-year average boundary layer height of the ocean obtained by the model function method, the data used is the bending angle profile of the four months of 2007−2011 in January, April, July, and October: (a) The average height of the boundary layer in January; (b) the average height of the boundary layer in April; (c) the average height of the boundary layer in July; (d) the average height of the boundary layer in October.
Fig. 6. The 5-year average boundary layer height of the ocean obtained by the model function method, the data used is the zbalmax provided by CDAAC of the four months of 2007−2011 in January, April, July, and October: (a) The average height of the boundary layer in January; (b) the average height of the boundary layer in April; (c) the average height of the boundary layer in July; (d) the average height of the boundary layer in October.