A case study of a low-level jet during OPALE

Gallée, H.; Barral, H.; Vignon, E.; Genthon, C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-6237-2015

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08 Jun 2015

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| 08 Jun 2015

A case study of a low-level jet during OPALE

H. Gallée, H. Barral, E. Vignon, and C. Genthon

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RC C11120: 'A case study of a low level jet during OPALE', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jan 2015
RC C11229: 'A case study of a low level jet during OPALE', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Jan 2015
AC C12617: 'Responses to the reviewers', Hubert Gallée, 15 Mar 2015

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AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (10 Apr 2015) Author's response

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ED: Publish as is (05 May 2015) by Susanne Preunkert

AR by Hubert Gallée on behalf of the Authors (13 May 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This is the first time that a low-level jet observed above the East Antarctic Plateau is simulated by a regional climate model. This paper illustrates in a 3-D simulation the respective influences of the large-scale pressure gradient force and turbulence on the onset of the low-level jet. As atmospheric turbulence plays a key role in explaining the behaviour of chemical tracers during the OPALE campaign, this paper also increases our confidence in using the outputs of the model for this purpose.