Consistency of aerosols above clouds characterization from A-Train active and passive measurements

Deaconu, Lucia T.; Waquet, Fabien; Josset, Damien; Ferlay, Nicolas; Peers, Fanny; Thieuleux, François; Ducos, Fabrice; Pascal, Nicolas; Tanré, Didier; Pelon, Jacques; Goloub, Philippe

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3499-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3499-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3499-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 9

Research article

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22 Sep 2017

Research article |

| 22 Sep 2017

Consistency of aerosols above clouds characterization from A-Train active and passive measurements

Lucia T. Deaconu, Fabien Waquet, Damien Josset, Nicolas Ferlay, Fanny Peers, François Thieuleux, Fabrice Ducos, Nicolas Pascal, Didier Tanré, Jacques Pelon, and Philippe Goloub

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RC1: 'Review comments for the manuscript # amt-2017-42', Hiren Jethva, 11 Apr 2017
- AC1: 'Submission of the final author responses', Lucia Timea Deaconu, 16 Jul 2017
SC1: 'Review', Mark Vaughan, 08 May 2017
- AC2: 'Submission of the final author response', Lucia Timea Deaconu, 16 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Review of "Consistency of aerosols above clouds characterisation from A-Train active and passive measurements" by Deaconu et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 May 2017
- AC3: 'Submission of the final author response', Lucia Timea Deaconu, 16 Jul 2017
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 19 Jun 2017
- AC4: 'Submission of the final author response', Lucia Timea Deaconu, 16 Jul 2017

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AR by Lucia Timea Deaconu on behalf of the Authors (20 Jul 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (01 Aug 2017) by Piet Stammes

AR by Lucia Timea Deaconu on behalf of the Authors (09 Aug 2017)

Short summary

This study presents a comparison between active (CALIOP) and passive (POLDER) remote sensing methods, developed for retrieving aerosol above-cloud optical and microphysical properties. Main results show a good agreement when the aerosol microphysics is dominated by fine-mode particles or coarse-mode dust or when the aerosol layer is well separated from the cloud below. The paper is also focused on understanding the differences between the retrievals and the limitations of each method.