Long-lived high-frequency gravity waves in the atmospheric boundary layer: observations and simulations

Jia, Mingjiao; Yuan, Jinlong; Wang, Chong; Xia, Haiyun; Wu, Yunbin; Zhao, Lijie; Wei, Tianwen; Wu, Jianfei; Wang, Lu; Gu, Sheng-Yang; Liu, Liqun; Lu, Dachun; Chen, Rulong; Xue, Xianghui; Dou, Xiankang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15431-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 24

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15431-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15431-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 24

Research article

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17 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 17 Dec 2019

Long-lived high-frequency gravity waves in the atmospheric boundary layer: observations and simulations

Mingjiao Jia, Jinlong Yuan, Chong Wang, Haiyun Xia, Yunbin Wu, Lijie Zhao, Tianwen Wei, Jianfei Wu, Lu Wang, Sheng-Yang Gu, Liqun Liu, Dachun Lu, Rulong Chen, Xianghui Xue, and Xiankang Dou

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RC1: 'Review of acp-2019-256. “Long-live High Frequency Gravity Waves in Atmospheric Boundary Layer: Observations and Simulations” by Jia et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to anonymous referees #1', Haiyun Xia, 30 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Comment on the manuscript “Long-live High Frequency Gravity Waves in Atmospheric Boundary Layer: Observations and Simulations” by Mingjiao Jia et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to anonymous referee #2', Haiyun Xia, 30 Sep 2019

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AR by Haiyun Xia on behalf of the Authors (30 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Oct 2019) by Geraint Vaughan

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (10 Oct 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (13 Oct 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (21 Oct 2019) by Geraint Vaughan

AR by Haiyun Xia on behalf of the Authors (31 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Nov 2019) by Geraint Vaughan

AR by Haiyun Xia on behalf of the Authors (11 Nov 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

Gravitational waves (GWs) with periods ranging from 10 to 30 min over 10 h and 20 wave cycles are detected within a 2 km height in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) by a coherent Doppler wind lidar. Observations and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations lead to a conclusion that the GWs are excited by the wind shear of a low-level jet under the condition of light horizontal wind. The GWs are trapped in the ABL due to a combination of thermal and Doppler ducts.