Brief Communication: Synoptic-scale differences  between Sundowner and Santa Ana wind regimes  in the Santa Ynez Mountains, California

Hatchett, Benjamin J.; Smith, Craig M.; Nauslar, Nicholas J.; Kaplan, Michael L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-419-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-419-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-419-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

Brief communication

|

06 Feb 2018

Brief communication |

| 06 Feb 2018

Brief Communication: Synoptic-scale differences between Sundowner and Santa Ana wind regimes in the Santa Ynez Mountains, California

Benjamin J. Hatchett, Craig M. Smith, Nicholas J. Nauslar, and Michael L. Kaplan

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'nhess-2017-272', Clive Dorman, 23 Aug 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to Clive Dorman', Benjamin Hatchett, 18 Sep 2017
- AC4: 'Updated reply to Clive Dorman', Benjamin Hatchett, 09 Nov 2017
RC1: 'Review of “Brief Communication: Differences between Sundowner and Santa Ana wind regimes in the Santa Ynez Mountains, California” by Hatchett et al 2017', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Aug 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to Anonymous Reviewer #1', Benjamin Hatchett, 18 Sep 2017
- AC5: 'Updated reply to Anonynmous Reviewer 1', Benjamin Hatchett, 09 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Brief Communication: Differences between Sundowner and Santa Ana wind regimes in the Santa Ynez Mountains, California', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Sep 2017
- AC3: 'Reply to Anonymous Reviewer #2', Benjamin Hatchett, 18 Sep 2017
- AC6: 'Updated reply to Anonynmous Reviewer 2', Benjamin Hatchett, 09 Nov 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (27 Sep 2017) by Joaquim G. Pinto

AR by Benjamin Hatchett on behalf of the Authors (09 Nov 2017)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 Nov 2017) by Joaquim G. Pinto

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (30 Nov 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (28 Dec 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (01 Jan 2018) by Joaquim G. Pinto

AR by Benjamin Hatchett on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2018) Author's response Manuscript

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Severe wind events in southern California create extreme fire hazards. Sundowner winds are local downslope winds in the Santa Ynez Mountains near Santa Barbara that often coincide with damaging fires. Here we produce a climatology of Sundowner winds and compare their seasonal occurrence and large-scale atmospheric patterns to the well-studied Santa Ana wind regime. We find that Sundowner winds are distinctly different from Santa Ana winds in terms of peak seasonality and synoptic structure.