Articles | Volume 15, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5485-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5485-2015
Research article
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20 May 2015
Research article |  | 20 May 2015

Profiles of second- to fourth-order moments of turbulent temperature fluctuations in the convective boundary layer: first measurements with rotational Raman lidar

A. Behrendt, V. Wulfmeyer, E. Hammann, S. K. Muppa, and S. Pal

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AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (09 Mar 2015)  Author's response    Manuscript
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RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (04 Apr 2015)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 Apr 2015)
ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (08 Apr 2015) by Stefan Buehler
AR by Andreas Behrendt on behalf of the Authors (21 Apr 2015)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (25 Apr 2015) by Stefan Buehler
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Short summary
The exchange of energy between the Earth surface and the atmosphere is governed by turbulent processes which form the convective boundary layer (CBL) in daytime. The representation of the CBL in atmospheric models is critical, e.g., for the simulation of clouds and precipitation. We show that a new active remote-sensing technique, rotational Raman lidar, characterizes the turbulent temperature fluctuations in the CBL better than previous techniques and discuss the statistics of a typical case.
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