Assessment of virtual towers performed with scanning wind lidars and Ka-band radars during the XPIA experiment

Debnath, Mithu; Iungo, Giacomo Valerio; Brewer, W. Alan; Choukulkar, Aditya; Delgado, Ruben; Gunter, Scott; Lundquist, Julie K.; Schroeder, John L.; Wilczak, James M.; Wolfe, Daniel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1215-2017

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29 Mar 2017

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| 29 Mar 2017

Assessment of virtual towers performed with scanning wind lidars and Ka-band radars during the XPIA experiment

Mithu Debnath, Giacomo Valerio Iungo, W. Alan Brewer, Aditya Choukulkar, Ruben Delgado, Scott Gunter, Julie K. Lundquist, John L. Schroeder, James M. Wilczak, and Daniel Wolfe

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RC1: 'More information for instruments, unclear sentences', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to the Reviewer 1', Valerio Iungo, 09 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Relatively short data record, but still interesting, requires some technical corrections', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Reply Reviewer 2', Valerio Iungo, 10 Feb 2017

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The XPIA experiment was conducted in 2015 at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory to estimate capabilities of various remote-sensing techniques for the characterization of complex atmospheric flows. Among different tests, XPIA provided the unique opportunity to perform simultaneous virtual towers with Ka-band radars and scanning Doppler wind lidars. Wind speed and wind direction were assessed against lidar profilers and sonic anemometer data, highlighting a good accuracy of the data retrieved.