Reply to a comment by R.J. Smalley and R.A. Antonia on 'The local isotropy hypothesis and the turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate in the atmospheric surface layer' (October B, 2004, 130, 2733-2752)

In response to Smalley and Antonia's comment, we agree that our statement that closer-to-zero velocity-velocity-increment correlation for larger turbulence intensity values cannot be taken as a measure of homogeneity. We also explain that, although not aware that the velocity-velocity-increment correlation cannot be zero at finite r₁, we concentrated most of our analysis on its tendency towards zero with decreasing r₁, since this limit is well known for homogeneous turbulence.