Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7941-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7941-2017
Research article
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30 Jun 2017
Research article |  | 30 Jun 2017

Case study of wave breaking with high-resolution turbulence measurements with LITOS and WRF simulations

Andreas Schneider, Johannes Wagner, Jens Faber, Michael Gerding, and Franz-Josef Lübken

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AR by Andreas Schneider on behalf of the Authors (07 Feb 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Feb 2017) by Peter Haynes
RR by Wayne K Hocking (04 Mar 2017)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (12 Mar 2017)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (20 Mar 2017)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (30 Mar 2017) by Peter Haynes
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ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (11 May 2017) by Peter Haynes
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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (18 May 2017) by Peter Haynes
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Short summary
Wave breaking is studied with a combination of high-resolution turbulence observations with the balloon-borne instrument LITOS and mesoscale simulations with the WRF model. A relation between observed turbulent energy dissipation rates and the occurrence of wave patterns in modelled vertical winds is found, which is interpreted as the effect of wave saturation. The change of stability plays less of a role for mean dissipation for the flights examined.
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