Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1193-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-1193-2025
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10 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 10 Mar 2025

Turbulence kinetic energy dissipation rate estimated from a WindCube Doppler lidar and the LQ7 1.3 GHz radar wind profiler in the convective boundary layer

Hubert Luce and Masanori Yabuki

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Over a 3-week period, simultaneous measurements were conducted using a Doppler lidar and a 1.3 GHz radar wind profiler in Japan. Although the instruments had no range overlap, turbulence kinetic energy dissipation rates were estimated through various methods in convective boundary layers. Hourly averaged estimates showed good agreement, within a factor of approximately 2, suggesting that both instruments and methods provide consistent dissipation rate values.
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