Comparing turbulent parameters obtained from LITOS and radiosonde measurements

Schneider, A.; Gerding, M.; Lübken, F.-J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2159-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2159-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2159-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 4

Research article

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27 Feb 2015

Research article |

| 27 Feb 2015

Comparing turbulent parameters obtained from LITOS and radiosonde measurements

A. Schneider, M. Gerding, and F.-J. Lübken

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Final revised paper (published on 27 Feb 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 22 Jul 2014)

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RC C6185: 'Review of the paper "Comparing turbulent parameters obtained from LITOS and radiosonde measurements" by A. Schneider, M. Gerding, and F.-J. Lübken', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Aug 2014
- AC C8401: 'Answer to comments by Anonymous Referee #1', Andreas Schneider, 22 Oct 2014
RC C6240: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Aug 2014
- AC C8411: 'Answer to comments by Anonymous Referee #2', Andreas Schneider, 22 Oct 2014

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Andreas Schneider on behalf of the Authors (22 Oct 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Nov 2014) by William Ward

RR by Marvin Geller (30 Nov 2014)

RR by Richard Wilson (03 Dec 2014)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (09 Dec 2014) by William Ward

AR by Andreas Schneider on behalf of the Authors (24 Dec 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Jan 2015) by William Ward

Short summary

Stratospheric turbulence is essential for the atmospheric energy budget. We compare in situ observations with our LITOS method based on spectral analysis of mm-scale wind fluctuations with the Thorpe method applied to standard radiosondes. Energy dissipations rates from both methods differ by up to 3 orders of magnitude. Nevertheless, mean values are in good agreement. We present case studies on both methods and examine the applicability of the Thorpe method for calculation of dissipation rates.