Recovery of the three-dimensional wind and sonic temperature data from a physically deformed sonic anemometer

Zhou, Xinhua; Yang, Qinghua; Zhen, Xiaojie; Li, Yubin; Hao, Guanghua; Shen, Hui; Gao, Tian; Sun, Yirong; Zheng, Ning

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5981-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5981-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5981-2018

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30 Oct 2018

Research article |

| 30 Oct 2018

Recovery of the three-dimensional wind and sonic temperature data from a physically deformed sonic anemometer

Xinhua Zhou, Qinghua Yang, Xiaojie Zhen, Yubin Li, Guanghua Hao, Hui Shen, Tian Gao, Yirong Sun, and Ning Zheng

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RC1: 'Review of "Recovery of the 3-dimensional wind and sonic temperature data..." by Zhou, et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Jul 2018
- AC3: 'Interactive comment on “Recovery of the 3-dimensional wind and sonic temperature data from a physically deformed sonic anemometer” by X. Zhou et al.', Qinghua Yang, 19 Aug 2018
RC2: 'Review of "Recovery of the 3-dimensional wind and sonic temperature data..." by Zhou et al.', Thomas Foken, 06 Aug 2018
- AC2: 'Interactive comment on “Recovery of the 3-dimensional wind and sonic temperature data from a physically deformed sonic anemometer” by X. Zhou et al.', Qinghua Yang, 17 Aug 2018
AC1: 'Interactive comment on “Recovery of the 3-dimensional wind and sonic temperature data from a physically deformed sonic anemometer” by X. Zhou et al.', Qinghua Yang, 17 Aug 2018

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AR by Qinghua Yang on behalf of the Authors (19 Aug 2018) Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 Aug 2018) by Laura Bianco

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (07 Sep 2018)

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Revised Title: Recovery of the 3-dimensional wind and sonic
temperature data from a physically deformed sonic anemometer

Authors: Xinhua Zhou, Qinghua Yang, Xiaojie Zhen, et al.
Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss, doi: 10.5194/amt-2018-92

Comments:

* Overall, I think the authors have made changes which have greatly
improved the study/paper. Especially, the usage of english language.
I have a few final comments which I think should be addressed before
publication.

* Following up on a comment by Thomas Foken, it seems that the
firmware version of the sonic firmware used in the study should be
clearly stated. I also disagree that Larry Jacobsen "fixed the
problem" with CSAT4 OS 4.0..an empirical solution to the problem was
determined, but the measured transit times with a CSAT3 using OS ver4
are incorrect (in high winds). It's not clear to me that the
correction method proposed here will work with CSAT3s using OS ver4
and this should be discussed/clarified.

* Related to some comments in section 8.5: How far can a sonic be
deformed and this method will still work? Do the authors have any
idea about this? It might be worth some clarification if this method
is only possible for relatively small deformations...

* Re: MATLAB program, I don't understand what is meant by this program
should be included in a "separate publication"? The EGU journals have
the ability to include a "Supplement" with published papers...as I
understand it, it would be easy and appropriate to include the actual
program in the Supplement. If you want to leave the listing in
Appendix C, that is fine, but please also include the actual program
in the supplement as well.

* it seems like there was a mistake in the Interactive Discussion
where the author replies, "AC1" and "AC3" are exactly the same file?
ie,

295906 Aug 20 12:38 amt-2018-92-AC1-supplement.pdf
295906 Aug 20 12:37 amt-2018-92-AC3-supplement.pdf

Perhaps there was a mistake in choosing the file when the authors
uploaded in the reply?

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RR by Thomas Foken (11 Sep 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (13 Sep 2018) by Laura Bianco

AR by Qinghua Yang on behalf of the Authors (23 Sep 2018)

ED: Publish as is (02 Oct 2018) by Laura Bianco

AR by Qinghua Yang on behalf of the Authors (03 Oct 2018)

Short summary

The three-dimensional wind and sonic temperature data from a physically deformed sonic anemometer was successfully recovered by developing equations, algorithms, and related software. Using two sets of geometry data from production calibration and return re-calibration, this algorithm can recover wind with/without transducer shadow correction and sonic temperature with crosswind correction, and then obtain fluxes at quality as expected. This study is applicable as a reference for related topics.