Surface-to-mountaintop transport characterised by radon observations at the Jungfraujoch

Griffiths, A. D.; Conen, F.; Weingartner, E.; Zimmermann, L.; Chambers, S. D.; Williams, A. G.; Steinbacher, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12763-2014

Articles | Volume 14, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12763-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12763-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 23

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05 Dec 2014

Research article |

| 05 Dec 2014

Surface-to-mountaintop transport characterised by radon observations at the Jungfraujoch

A. D. Griffiths, F. Conen, E. Weingartner, L. Zimmermann, S. D. Chambers, A. G. Williams, and M. Steinbacher

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RC C5495: 'Comments on acp-2014-356', Anonymous Referee #1, 31 Jul 2014
- AC C7529: 'Response to reviewer 1', Alan Griffiths, 30 Sep 2014
RC C5530: 'Comments on “Surface-to-mountaintop transport characterised by radon observations at the Jungfraujoch” by Griffiths et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Aug 2014
- AC C7532: 'Response to reviewer 2', Alan Griffiths, 30 Sep 2014

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RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (17 Oct 2014)

ED: Publish as is (17 Oct 2014) by Leiming Zhang

AR by Alan Griffiths on behalf of the Authors (22 Oct 2014)

Short summary

Radon detectors at Bern and Jungfraujoch were used to monitor the transport of radon-rich boundary layer air from the Swiss Plateau to the Alpine ridge. Radon was successfully used to discriminate between different types of vertical transport, using the shape of the diurnal cycle to identify days with upslope mountain winds. For many air-mass properties, however, the total land-surface influence (indicated by the radon concentration) was more decisive than the type of vertical transport.