Evaluation of ABLE mixing height algorithms against observed and modelled data for the Po Valley Italy

The main objective of this study is to evaluate some mixing height schemes, used in today's meteorological pre-processors (eg the Italian ABLE and the US EPA CALMET) while comparing calculated values against observed values for a rural site in the Po Valley, Northern Italy. The observed mixing heights have been inferred from sonic anemometer and sodar measurements at San Pietro Capofiume during two field campaigns: a summer one and a winter one.