Exploring atmospheric blocking with GPS radio occultation  observations

Brunner, Lukas; Steiner, Andrea K.; Scherllin-Pirscher, Barbara; Jury, Martin W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4593-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4593-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4593-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 7

Research article

|

13 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 13 Apr 2016

Exploring atmospheric blocking with GPS radio occultation observations

Lukas Brunner, Andrea K. Steiner, Barbara Scherllin-Pirscher, and Martin W. Jury

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Final revised paper (published on 13 Apr 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 21 Dec 2015)

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

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RC C10931: 'Comments on "Exploring atmospheric blocking with GPS radio occultation observations"', Richard Anthes, 29 Dec 2015
- AC C13232: 'Answers to R. Anthes (Referee)', Lukas Brunner, 18 Mar 2016
RC C12728: 'Small clarifications (including Figures)', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Feb 2016
- AC C13235: 'Answer to Referee #2', Lukas Brunner, 18 Mar 2016

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

AR by Lukas Brunner on behalf of the Authors (18 Mar 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (24 Mar 2016) by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased)

AR by Lukas Brunner on behalf of the Authors (25 Mar 2016)

Short summary

Atmospheric blocking refers to persistent high-pressure systems which block the climatological flow at midlatitudes. We explore blocking with observations from GPS radio occultation (RO), a satellite-based remote-sensing system. Using two example cases, we find that RO data robustly capture blocking, highlighting the potential of RO observations to complement models and reanalysis as a basis for blocking research.