Taklimakan Desert nocturnal low-level jet: climatology and dust activity

Ge, Jin Ming; Liu, Huayue; Huang, Jianping; Fu, Qiang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7773-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7773-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7773-2016

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

Articles | Volume 16, issue 12

Research article

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24 Jun 2016

Research article |

| 24 Jun 2016

Taklimakan Desert nocturnal low-level jet: climatology and dust activity

Jin Ming Ge, Huayue Liu, Jianping Huang, and Qiang Fu

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Final revised paper (published on 24 Jun 2016)
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RC1: 'Review for the ACPD manuscript by Ge et al. (2016) with the title “Taklimakan Desert Nocturnal Low Level Jet: Climatology and Dust Emission”', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Apr 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Jinming Ge, 08 May 2016
RC2: 'Review of "Taklimakan Desert Nocturnal Low Level Jet: Climatology and Dust Emission" by Ge et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Jinming Ge, 08 May 2016
SC1: 'Review comments on “Taklimakan Desert Nocturnal Low Level Jet: Climatology and Dust Emission” by J. M. Ge et al.', Weidong Guo, 16 May 2016
- AC3: 'Response to Short Comments by W. Guo', Jinming Ge, 19 May 2016

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

AR by Jinming Ge on behalf of the Authors (26 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (03 Jun 2016) by Yves Balkanski

AR by Jinming Ge on behalf of the Authors (04 Jun 2016)

Short summary

Nocturnal low-level jet (NLLJ), which refers to a narrow zone of strong winds, occurs frequently over the Taklimakan Desert. It is found that the NLLJ contains more momentum than without NLLJ, and the downward momentum transfer process is more intense and rapid in the warm season. The coincidence of the larger surface winds during NLLJ days with an enhancement of aerosol optical depth indicates that the NLLJ is an important mechanism for dust emission and transport over this region.