Turbulence fluxes and variances measured with a sonic anemometer mounted on a tethered balloon

Canut, Guylaine; Couvreux, Fleur; Lothon, Marie; Legain, Dominique; Piguet, Bruno; Lampert, Astrid; Maurel, William; Moulin, Eric

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4375-2016

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06 Sep 2016

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| 06 Sep 2016

Turbulence fluxes and variances measured with a sonic anemometer mounted on a tethered balloon

Guylaine Canut, Fleur Couvreux, Marie Lothon, Dominique Legain, Bruno Piguet, Astrid Lampert, William Maurel, and Eric Moulin

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Final revised paper (published on 06 Sep 2016)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Feb 2016
- AC2: 'Answers to Referee 1:Turbulence measurements with a tethered balloon', Guylaine Canut, 26 Apr 2016
- AC3: 'Answer to referee 1', Guylaine Canut, 27 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Review of Turbulence measurements with a tethered balloon', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Answers to Referee 2:Turbulence measurements with a tethered balloon', Guylaine Canut, 26 Apr 2016
- AC4: 'answers to referee 2', Guylaine Canut, 27 Apr 2016
EC1: 'Comment on the past work', Eric Pardyjak, 26 Apr 2016
- AC5: 'answer to Editor', Guylaine Canut, 27 Apr 2016

Short summary

Turbulent processes of the atmospheric boundary layer contribute the most to transfers between the surface and the atmosphere. Typically, turbulent boundary layer parameters are measured by sonic anemometers on masts and by research aircraft. This is to measure in situ turbulent parameters in the planetary boundary layer (PBL) at altitudes above 50 m. For this purpose, our team have developed a system under a tethered balloon which has been in use since 2010.