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Stuart Marlatt Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado

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Current affiliation: United Launch Alliance, Littleton, Colorado.

Corresponding author address: Sedat Biringen, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, CB 429, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309. E-mail: biringen@colorado.edu

The original article that was the subject of this comment/reply can be found at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAS-D-11-0107.1.

Current affiliation: United Launch Alliance, Littleton, Colorado.

Corresponding author address: Sedat Biringen, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, CB 429, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309. E-mail: biringen@colorado.edu

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