Articles | Volume 2, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-631-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-631-2021
Research article
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23 Jul 2021
Research article |  | 23 Jul 2021

On the occurrence of strong vertical wind shear in the tropopause region: a 10-year ERA5 northern hemispheric study

Thorsten Kaluza, Daniel Kunkel, and Peter Hoor

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Review of wcd-2021-8', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Mar 2021
  • RC2: 'Review of wcd-2021-8', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Mar 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Thorsten Kaluza on behalf of the Authors (26 May 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (12 Jun 2021) by Heini Wernli
AR by Thorsten Kaluza on behalf of the Authors (20 Jun 2021)  Author's response    Manuscript

Post-review adjustments

AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval
AA by Thorsten Kaluza on behalf of the Authors (20 Jul 2021)   Author's adjustment   Manuscript
EA: Adjustments approved (20 Jul 2021) by Heini Wernli
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Short summary
We present a 10-year analysis on the occurrence of strong wind shear in the Northern Hemisphere, focusing on the region around the transport barrier that separates the first two layers of the atmosphere. The major result of our analysis is that strong wind shear above a certain threshold occurs frequently and nearly exclusively in this region, which, as an indicator for turbulent mixing, might have major implications concerning the separation efficiency of the transport barrier.