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The accurate inversion of PBLH is extremely important for the study of aerosol concentrations, in order to predict air quality and provide weather forecast. Aerosol lidar, a powerful remote sensing instrument for detecting the characteristics of atmospheric temporal and spatial evolution, can continuously retrieve the planetary boundary layer (PBL) and obtain high resolution measurements. However, multi-layer conditions, including one or more layers of aerosol, or cloud above the PBL, can seriously interfere the accuracy of PBLH determined by lidar. A new technique of maximum limited height initialization and range restriction (MLHI-RR) is proposed to eliminate the impact of multi-layer conditions on PBLH determination. Four widely used methods for deriving PBLH are utilized, in addition to the MLHI-RR constraint. Comparisons demonstrate that the proposed technique can determine the PBLH in multi-layer conditions with higher accuracy. 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