?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F535%2F&rft.title=A+Statistical+method+for+estimating+the+convective+mixing+height&rft.creator=Christen%2C+A.&rft.creator=Salcido%2C+A.&rft.subject=Environment&rft.description=An+important+parameter+often+required+by+air+quality+models+is+the+so+called+mixing+height.+In+day+time+hours+(convective+situations)%2C+three+over-+lapped+layers+may+be+distinguished+in+the+lowest+part+of+the+atmosphere%3A+the+superficial+layer%2C+the+mixed+layer+and+the+entrainment+layer.+The+latter+is+a+thin+atmospheric+layer+that+reverses+temperature+and+buffers+the+up-+per+free+atmosphere.+Commonly%2C+atmospheric+variables+are+discontinuous+at+the+entrainment+layer.+In+this+approach+this+latter+fact+is+used+to+develop+a+change+point+analysis+for+atmospheric+measurements.+Then%2C+the+change+point+considered+in+the+statistical+model+is+precisely+the+mixing+height.+We+also+discuss+the+a+priori+distributions+for+the+parameters+in+our+model+and+the+techniques+needed+to+perform+the+necessary+calculations.+Some+examples+are+analysed+using+data+obtained+in+Texcoco%2C+Mexico.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F535%2F1%2FUn-metodo-estadistico-para-la-estimacion-de-la-altura-de-la-capa-de-mezcla.pdf&rft.identifier=++Christen%2C+A.+and+Salcido%2C+A.++(1995)+A+Statistical+method+for+estimating+the+convective+mixing+height.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++