Study of the overturning length scales at the Spanish  planetary boundary layer

López, Pilar; Cano, José L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-75-2016

Articles | Volume 23, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-75-2016

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Complex environmental and geophysical turbulence

https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-75-2016

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Articles | Volume 23, issue 2

Research article

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21 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 21 Mar 2016

Study of the overturning length scales at the Spanish planetary boundary layer

Pilar López and José L. Cano

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Final revised paper (published on 21 Mar 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 20 Nov 2015)

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

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SC C590: 'Evolution and intermitency of Thorpe length scales', Jackson David Tellez Alvarez, 11 Dec 2015
- AC C605: 'Answer to the Short Comment of J. D. Tellez Alvarez, Received and published: 11 December 2015', Pilar López González-Nieto, 04 Jan 2016
RC C609: 'Short note', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jan 2016
- AC C663: 'ANSWERS TO Interactive comment on “Study of the overturning length scales at the Spanish planetary boundary layer” by P. López and J. L. Cano Anonymous Referee #1 Received and published: 5 January 2016', Pilar López González-Nieto, 28 Jan 2016
RC C614: 'Remarks', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Jan 2016
- AC C677: 'ANSWERS TO Interactive comment of Anonymous Referee #2 Received and published: 8 January 2016', Pilar López González-Nieto, 08 Feb 2016

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

AR by Pilar López González-Nieto on behalf of the Authors (12 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (23 Feb 2016) by Philippe Fraunie

AR by Pilar López González-Nieto on behalf of the Authors (09 Mar 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The focus of this paper is to improve our studies related to the novel use of the Thorpe method applied to atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) using new data from Spanish field experiments. We analyse the time behaviour of the maximum Thorpe displacement (d_T)_max and the Thorpe-scale L_T during a day cycle. We also analyse the relation between (d_T)_max and L_T. We deduce that they confirm a power law statistically significant, with differences between convective conditions and shear-driven conditions.