Physics of Stratocumulus Top (POST): turbulence characteristics

Jen-La Plante, Imai; Ma, Yongfeng; Nurowska, Katarzyna; Gerber, Hermann; Khelif, Djamal; Karpinska, Katarzyna; Kopec, Marta K.; Kumala, Wojciech; Malinowski, Szymon P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9711-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9711-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9711-2016

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

Articles | Volume 16, issue 15

Research article

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02 Aug 2016

Research article |

| 02 Aug 2016

Physics of Stratocumulus Top (POST): turbulence characteristics

Imai Jen-La Plante, Yongfeng Ma, Katarzyna Nurowska, Hermann Gerber, Djamal Khelif, Katarzyna Karpinska, Marta K. Kopec, Wojciech Kumala, and Szymon P. Malinowski

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Discussion with the opinion of Referee 1', Szymon Malinowski, 08 Feb 2016
RC2: 'Review of Jen-La Plante et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Feb 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Szymon Malinowski, 07 Mar 2016
RC3: 'Review of Jen-La Plante et al., Physics of Stratocumulus Top (POST): turbulence characteristics', Anonymous Referee #3, 03 Mar 2016

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

AR by Szymon Malinowski on behalf of the Authors (19 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (03 May 2016) by Patrick Chuang

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 May 2016) by Patrick Chuang

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (16 May 2016)

Suggestions for revision or reasons for rejection

The manuscript is ready for publication after correcting following points. I found many careless mistakes, which must be fixed. Read and follow "Manuscript preparation guidances for authors" very carefully.

- Unit:
1. Spaces must be included between number and unit (e.g. 1 %, 1 m)
2. Units must be written exponentially (e.g. W m–2).
3. The metric system is mandatory and, wherever possible, SI units should be used. Also units in the denominator should be formatted with negative exponents (e.g. km h-1 instead of km/h)

- Unit should not be italicized.

- Table: the word "Table" is never abbreviated and should be capitalized when followed by a number (e.g. Table 4).

- Cross referencing figure should be stated as "Fig. 1" not "Fig.1".

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RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (18 May 2016)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (05 Jun 2016) by Patrick Chuang

AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (15 Jun 2016) Author's response

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (08 Jul 2016) by Patrick Chuang

AR by Szymon Malinowski on behalf of the Authors (11 Jul 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (15 Jul 2016) by Patrick Chuang

AR by Szymon Malinowski on behalf of the Authors (15 Jul 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (15 Jul 2016) by Patrick Chuang

Short summary

Using airborne data from of Physics of Stratocumulus Top campaign we analysed turbulence at the interface between free troposphere and cloud top. We found turbulence in temperature inversion capping cloud as well as in adjacent cloud top layer very anisotropic. Eddies are elongated horizontally by wind shear and flattened by static stability. These properties of turbulence at the cloud top were overlooked so far, which explains problems with understanding of entrainment at stratocumulus top.