Analysis of flow in complex terrain using multi-Doppler lidar retrievals

Bell, Tyler M.; Klein, Petra; Wildmann, Norman; Menke, Robert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1357-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1357-2020

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Flow in complex terrain: the Perdigão campaigns (WES/ACP/AMT...

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1357-2020

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Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

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24 Mar 2020

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| 24 Mar 2020

Analysis of flow in complex terrain using multi-Doppler lidar retrievals

Tyler M. Bell, Petra Klein, Norman Wildmann, and Robert Menke

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of amt-2018-417', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Apr 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Tyler Bell, 27 Aug 2019
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Tyler Bell, 27 Aug 2019

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

AR by Tyler Bell on behalf of the Authors (27 Aug 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (16 Sep 2019) by Jose Laginha Palma

AR by Tyler Bell on behalf of the Authors (25 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 Jan 2020) by Jose Laginha Palma

AR by Tyler Bell on behalf of the Authors (07 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (13 Feb 2020) by Jose Laginha Palma

AR by Tyler Bell on behalf of the Authors (20 Feb 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

This study investigates the utility of using multi-Doppler retrievals during the Perdigão 2017 campaign. By combining scans from the multitude of Doppler lidars, it was possible to derive virtual towers that greatly extend the range of traditional in situ meteorological towers. Uncertainties from the measurements are analyzed and discussed. Despite multiple sources of error, it was found that the virtual towers are useful for analyzing the complex flows observed during the campaign.