Evaluation of methods for gravity wave extraction from middle-atmospheric lidar temperature measurements

Ehard, B.; Kaifler, B.; Kaifler, N.; Rapp, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4645-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4645-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4645-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 11

Research article

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05 Nov 2015

Research article |

| 05 Nov 2015

Evaluation of methods for gravity wave extraction from middle-atmospheric lidar temperature measurements

B. Ehard, B. Kaifler, N. Kaifler, and M. Rapp

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RC C3072: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Sep 2015
SC C3116: 'a few comments on the Ehard et al paper', Robert Sica, 23 Sep 2015
RC C3138: 'Review of Discussion Article “Evaluation of methods or gravity wave extraction from middle atmospheric lidar temperature measurements” by Ehrand, B., B. Kaifler, N. Kaifler, and M. Rapp', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Sep 2015
RC C3190: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 02 Oct 2015
AC C3489: 'Reply to Reviewers and RJ Sica', Benedikt Ehard, 23 Oct 2015

Short summary

We evalute four methods currently used for gravity wave extraction from lidar temperature measurements. The spectral response of these methods is determined with the help of synthetic temperature perturbations. Afterwards, the methods are applied to lidar temperature measurements over New Zealand for further evaluation of the four algorithms. Based on the results two methods are recommended for gravity wave extraction.