%0 Journal Article
%T Comment on "Observing desert dust devils with a pressure logger" by Lorenz (2012)
%A A. Spiga
%J Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems Discussions
%D 2012
%I Copernicus Publications
%R 10.5194/gid-2-593-2012
%X Lorenz (2012) proposes to use pressure loggers for long-term field measurements in terrestrial deserts. The dataset obtained through this method features both pressure drops (reminiscent of dust devils) and periodic convective signatures. Here we use Large-Eddy Simulations to provide an explanation for those periodic convective signatures and to argue that pressure measurements in deserts have broader applications than monitoring dust devils.
%U http://www.geosci-instrum-method-data-syst-discuss.net/2/593/2012/gid-2-593-2012.pdf