[Met_help] PBL retrieval

Thu Mar 4 16:25:44 MST 2010

Hello,

What is the best way to create an obs input file for this profiler PBL retrieval data? It is not a fixed station so I am not sure how to attack this.

         198
BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH RETRIEVAL
IHOP 2002 EXPERIMENT
File:     DLR0519leg01azi.txt
Created:  Tue Apr 12 11:54:16 EDT 2005
Platform: DLR Lidar
Date:     05/19/2002
Time:     16:40:54 - 17:06:30
Number of Data Points:              198
Average Aircraft Speed (m/s):       142.279
Starting Aircraft Altitude (m MSL): 4566.41
Ending Aircraft Altitude (m MSL):   4851.70
PI: Dr. Ken Davis (davis at met.psu.edu).  Contact: Ken Craig (kcraig at met.psu.edu).
Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University
503 Walker Building, University Park, PA 16802-5013

  TIME         LATITUDE      LONGITUDE       ZI_MSL       ZI_AGL
16:40:54       35.49359     -100.59423      -999.00      -999.00
16:41:00       35.49520     -100.60099      -999.00      -999.00
16:41:06       35.49749     -100.60725      -999.00      -999.00
16:41:12       35.50061     -100.61314      -999.00      -999.00
16:41:18       35.50465     -100.61868      -999.00      -999.00
16:41:24       35.50946     -100.62359      -999.00      -999.00
16:41:30       35.51509     -100.62767      -999.00      -999.00
16:41:36       35.52119     -100.63056      -999.00      -999.00
16:41:42       35.52773     -100.63193      -999.00      -999.00
16:41:48       35.53448     -100.63148      -999.00      -999.00
16:41:54       35.54134     -100.62993      -999.00      -999.00
16:42:00       35.54831     -100.62796      1755.00       840.00
16:42:06       35.55552     -100.62576      1740.00       825.00
16:42:18       35.57038     -100.62107      1755.00       840.00
16:42:24       35.57814     -100.61858      1755.00       825.00
16:42:30       35.58604     -100.61600      1740.00       810.00
16:42:36       35.59404     -100.61341      1755.00       810.00
16:42:42       35.60226     -100.61072      1740.00       795.00
16:42:48       35.61045     -100.60802      1755.00       810.00
16:42:54       35.61875     -100.60521      1770.00       825.00
16:43:00       35.62681     -100.60246      1740.00       795.00
16:43:06       35.63487     -100.59979      1695.00       765.00
16:43:12       35.64290     -100.59781      -999.00      -999.00
16:43:18       35.65094     -100.59665      -999.00      -999.00
16:43:24       35.65900     -100.59617      1695.00       780.00
16:43:30       35.66690     -100.59621      1680.00       765.00
16:43:36       35.67475     -100.59667      1650.00       735.00
16:43:42       35.68251     -100.59745      1695.00       795.00
16:43:54       35.69807     -100.59966      1725.00       825.00
16:44:00       35.70585     -100.60093      1680.00       825.00
16:44:06       35.71367     -100.60224      1725.00       870.00
16:44:12       35.72134     -100.60350      1740.00       900.00
16:44:18       35.72899     -100.60470      1740.00       915.00
16:44:24       35.73666     -100.60580      1740.00       885.00
16:44:30       35.74437     -100.60681      1740.00       900.00
16:44:36       35.75196     -100.60769      1665.00       810.00
16:44:42       35.75962     -100.60845      1710.00       855.00
16:44:48       35.76728     -100.60909      1785.00       915.00
16:44:54       35.77497     -100.60958      1815.00       945.00
16:45:00       35.78257     -100.60995      1755.00       870.00
16:45:06       35.79018     -100.61021      1680.00       780.00
16:45:12       35.79769     -100.61038      1725.00       810.00
16:45:18       35.80531     -100.61048      1680.00       780.00
16:45:30       35.82038     -100.61048      1635.00       750.00
16:45:36       35.82796     -100.61040      1650.00       795.00
16:45:42       35.83546     -100.61028      1620.00       750.00
16:45:48       35.84317     -100.61012      1650.00       780.00
16:45:54       35.85064     -100.60995      1680.00       825.00
16:46:00       35.85815     -100.60976      1695.00       840.00
16:46:06       35.86560     -100.60958      1650.00       810.00
16:46:12       35.87310     -100.60940      1665.00       795.00
16:46:18       35.88054     -100.60923      1680.00       825.00
16:46:24       35.88811     -100.60909      1620.00       750.00
16:46:30       35.89556     -100.60895      1620.00       780.00
16:46:36       35.90316     -100.60885      1650.00       840.00
Etc

Take care,
Joe

Dr. Joseph L. Eastman
Senior Atmospheric Scientist
WindLogics Inc.
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Grand Rapids, MN
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