An experimental campaign to measure turbulence in the marine boundary layer

Mann, Jakob; Patel, Ansh; Sjöholm, Mikael; Rolighed Thorsen, Gunhild; Simon, Elliot Irving; Hung, Lin-Ya; Gottschall, Julia

doi:10.5194/wes-11-3153-2026

Articles | Volume 11, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3153-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3153-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 9

Data description article

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02 Sep 2026

Data description article |

| 02 Sep 2026

An experimental campaign to measure turbulence in the marine boundary layer

Jakob Mann, Ansh Patel, Mikael Sjöholm, Gunhild Rolighed Thorsen, Elliot Irving Simon, Lin-Ya Hung, and Julia Gottschall

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Final revised paper (published on 02 Sep 2026)
Preprint (discussion started on 23 Feb 2026)

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RC1:
'Comment on wes-2026-39', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Mar 2026

This article describes an impressive experimental campaign to collect offshore measurements with high accuracy. However, I believe that the current set of results is very limited and should be significantly expanded before accepting this manuscript for publication.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-39-RC1
- AC1: 'Comment on wes-2026-39', Jakob Mann, 10 Jun 2026
  
  We would like to thank the two reviewers for their carefully prepared comments, which have helped us improve the manuscript in many ways. Please find attached the detailed response to the two reviewers in a single document with our responses in green.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-39-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on wes-2026-39', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Apr 2026

Please find the comments attached in the document.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-39-RC2
- AC1: 'Comment on wes-2026-39', Jakob Mann, 10 Jun 2026
  
  We would like to thank the two reviewers for their carefully prepared comments, which have helped us improve the manuscript in many ways. Please find attached the detailed response to the two reviewers in a single document with our responses in green.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-39-AC1
AC1: 'Comment on wes-2026-39', Jakob Mann, 10 Jun 2026

We would like to thank the two reviewers for their carefully prepared comments, which have helped us improve the manuscript in many ways. Please find attached the detailed response to the two reviewers in a single document with our responses in green.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-39-AC1

Peer review completion

AR – Author's response | RR – Referee report | ED – Editor decision | EF – Editorial file upload

AR by Jakob Mann on behalf of the Authors (10 Jun 2026) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 Jun 2026) by Sukanta Basu

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (15 Jul 2026)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (12 Aug 2026) by Sukanta Basu

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (13 Aug 2026) by Paul Veers (Chief editor)

AR by Jakob Mann on behalf of the Authors (20 Aug 2026) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Turbulence over the ocean at heights relevant to modern offshore wind turbines, i.e., up to 300 m or more, is not well studied. It is important to know the properties of this turbulence because it is responsible for most of the dynamic loads on these structures, and consequently it is relevant to how the latter should be designed. This data description paper explains the efforts made to provide measurements of this offshore turbulence using five Doppler lidars.

An experimental campaign to measure turbulence in the marine boundary layer

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