The signature of the tropospheric gravity wave background in observed mesoscale motion

Stephan, Claudia Christine; Mariaccia, Alexis

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-359-2021

Articles | Volume 2, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-359-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-359-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 2, issue 2

Research article

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16 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 16 Apr 2021

The signature of the tropospheric gravity wave background in observed mesoscale motion

Claudia Christine Stephan and Alexis Mariaccia

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RC1: 'Reviewer Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Feb 2021
RC2: 'Review of “The signature of the tropospheric gravity wave background in observed mesoscale motion” by Stephan and Mariaccia.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Feb 2021
AC1: 'Authors's response', Claudia Stephan, 23 Feb 2021

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AR by Claudia Stephan on behalf of the Authors (23 Feb 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Mar 2021) by Pedram Hassanzadeh

AR by Claudia Stephan on behalf of the Authors (08 Mar 2021)

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AA by Claudia Stephan on behalf of the Authors (15 Apr 2021) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (15 Apr 2021) by Pedram Hassanzadeh

Short summary

Vertical motion on horizontal scales of a few hundred kilometers can influence cloud properties. This motion is difficult to measure directly but can be inferred from the area-averaged mass divergence. The latter can be derived from horizontal wind measurements at the area’s perimeter. This study derives vertical properties of area-averaged divergence from an extensive network of atmospheric soundings and proposes an explanation for the variation of divergence magnitudes with area size.