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Reply to comment by Igor Esau on “Do stable atmospheric layers exist?”
Author(s) -
Lovejoy S.,
Tuck A. F.,
Schertzer D.,
Hovde S. J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2008gl034980
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , philosophy , epistemology , theoretical physics , physics , chemistry , biochemistry
We would like to thank Esau (2009) for attempting to save the classical notion of stable layers; his argument is very close to one raised up by an anonymous reviewer of Lovejoy et al. (2008b). Since a similar argument is often invoked to justify atmospheric applications of linear gravity wave theories, it appears to be widespread in the community. We therefore hope this debate will clarify the issue.