Articles | Volume 36, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-577-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-577-2018
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03 Apr 2018
Regular paper |  | 03 Apr 2018

High-resolution vertical velocities and their power spectrum observed with the MAARSY radar – Part 1: frequency spectrum

Qiang Li, Markus Rapp, Gunter Stober, and Ralph Latteck

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With the powerful MAARSY radar, we detected 3D wind fields and the vertical winds show a non-Gaussian distribution. We further obtained the frequency spectrum of vertical wind. The distribution of the spectral slopes under different wind conditions is derived and their comparisons with the background horizontal winds show that the spectra become steeper with increasing wind velocities under quiet conditions, approach a slope of −5/3 at 10 m/s and then maintain this slope for even stronger winds.