A comprehensive investigation on afternoon transition of the atmospheric boundary layer over a tropical rural site

Sandeep, A.; Rao, T. N.; Rao, S. V. B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7605-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7605-2015

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The Boundary-Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset Turbulence (BLLAST)...

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7605-2015

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Articles | Volume 15, issue 13

Research article

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14 Jul 2015

Research article |

| 14 Jul 2015

A comprehensive investigation on afternoon transition of the atmospheric boundary layer over a tropical rural site

A. Sandeep, T. N. Rao, and S. V. B. Rao

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Final revised paper (published on 14 Jul 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 12 Dec 2014)

Interactive discussion

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C10576: '-', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Dec 2014
- AC C11612: 'Reply', T N Rao, 27 Jan 2015
  - RC C11811: '-', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Feb 2015
RC C10630: 'Referee comment', Wayne Angevine, 31 Dec 2014
- AC C11613: 'Reply', T N Rao, 27 Jan 2015
RC C11034: 'Interactive comment on “A comprehensive investigation on afternoon–evening transition of the atmospheric boundary layer over a tropical rural site” by A. Sandeep et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 09 Jan 2015
- AC C11939: 'Reply to reviewer comments', T N Rao, 06 Feb 2015
EC C12034: 'Sandeep et al paper', Eric Pardyjak, 07 Feb 2015

Peer-review completion

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

AR by T N Rao on behalf of the Authors (26 Feb 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 May 2015) by Eric Pardyjak

RR by Wayne Angevine (28 May 2015)

RR by Derek Jensen (29 May 2015)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (15 Jun 2015) by Eric Pardyjak

AR by T N Rao on behalf of the Authors (17 Jun 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Jun 2015) by Eric Pardyjak

AR by T N Rao on behalf of the Authors (26 Jun 2015)

Short summary

The afternoon-evening transition (AET) in the atmospheric boundary layer has been studied in an integrated approach using 3 years of tower, sodar and wind profiler measurements. Such a long-term data set has been used for the first time to understand the behavior of AET. It allowed us to study the seasonal variation. In contrast to the common belief that the transition evolves from bottom to top, the present study clearly showed that the start time of transition follows top-to-bottom evolution.