Abstract
We report a detailed analysis of characteristics of stability based on
high-resolution temperature and horizontal wind measurement made with a
Na lidar at the Andes Lidar Observatory, located in Cerro Pachón, Chile
(30.2º S, 70.7º W). The general probability of convective and dynamical
instability are 5.3% and 16.4%. Contributions from different scales of
GWs have been calculated. Large wind shear and dynamical instabilities
are mainly generated because all GWs with different frequencies exist
simultaneously. Isolated parts of GWs have much less contribution to the
generation of instabilities. The dynamical instability is mainly
contributed from less stable stratification and large wind shear
together. Either factor can lead to about 15% of dynamical instability.
Biases of the instability probabilities due to photon noise have been
analyzed, and the biases have been subtracted from the measured
probabilities.