Turbulence parameters measured by the Beijing mesosphere–stratosphere–troposphere radar in the troposphere and lower stratosphere with three models:  comparison and analyses

Chen, Ze; Tian, Yufang; Wang, Yinan; Bi, Yongheng; Wu, Xue; Huo, Juan; Pan, Linjun; Wang, Yong; Lü, Daren

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4785-2022

Articles | Volume 15, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4785-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4785-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 16

Research article

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24 Aug 2022

Research article |

| 24 Aug 2022

Turbulence parameters measured by the Beijing mesosphere–stratosphere–troposphere radar in the troposphere and lower stratosphere with three models: comparison and analyses

Ze Chen, Yufang Tian, Yinan Wang, Yongheng Bi, Xue Wu, Juan Huo, Linjun Pan, Yong Wang, and Daren Lü

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RC1:
'Comment on amt-2021-309', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Jan 2022

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Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-309-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Ze Chen, 15 Mar 2022
  
  Dear Editors and Reviewers:
  Thank you for your letter and for the Reviewers’ comments concerning our manuscript entitled “Turbulence parameters measured by the Beijing Mesosphere–Stratosphere–Troposphere radar in the troposphere/lower stratosphere with three models: Comparison and analyses” (ID: amt-2021-309). Those comments are valuable and helpful for revising and improving our paper and the important guiding significance to our research. We appreciate for Editors' and Reviewers’ warm work earnestly and hope that the correction will meet with approval.
  We have studied each comment carefully and have made corrections as far as possible. We recalculated the turbulence parameters and reorganized the overall manuscript, by taking c₁=0.27 for the D-H model and using one-way and two way half power half width of radar beam correctly. These changes do not affect the structure of the article. Revised portions are marked in red in the paper. For details of the revised manuscript, please refer to the document “Author’s track-changes” and uploaded manuscript. The main corrections in the paper and the responses to the Reviewers’ comments are in "authors response.pdf"
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-309-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on amt-2021-309', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Feb 2022

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Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-309-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Ze Chen, 15 Mar 2022
  
  Dear Editors and Reviewers:
  Thank you for your letter and for the Reviewers’ comments concerning our manuscript entitled “Turbulence parameters measured by the Beijing Mesosphere–Stratosphere–Troposphere radar in the troposphere/lower stratosphere with three models: Comparison and analyses” (ID: amt-2021-309). Those comments are valuable and helpful for revising and improving our paper and the important guiding significance to our research. We appreciate for Editors' and Reviewers’ warm work earnestly and hope that the correction will meet with approval.
  We have studied each comment carefully and have made corrections as far as possible. We recalculated the turbulence parameters and reorganized the overall manuscript, by taking c₁=0.27 for the D-H model and using one-way and two way half power half width of radar beam correctly. These changes do not affect the structure of the article. Revised portions are marked in red in the paper. For details of the revised manuscript, please refer to the document “Author’s track-changes” and uploaded manuscript. The main corrections in the paper and the responses to the Reviewers’ comments are in "authors response.pdf"
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-309-AC2

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by Ze Chen on behalf of the Authors (15 Mar 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Mar 2022) by Pavlos Kollias

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (06 Apr 2022)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (14 Apr 2022)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (04 May 2022) by Pavlos Kollias

AR by Ze Chen on behalf of the Authors (14 Jun 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Jul 2022) by Pavlos Kollias

AR by Ze Chen on behalf of the Authors (24 Jul 2022) Manuscript

Short summary

Small-scale turbulence plays a vital role in the vertical exchange of heat, momentum and mass in the atmosphere. There are currently three models that can use spectrum width data of MST radar to calculate turbulence parameters. However, few studies have explored the applicability of the three calculation models. We compared and analysed the turbulence parameters calculated by three models. These results can provide a reference for the selection of models for calculating turbulence parameters.