Cloud radiative effect, cloud fraction and cloud type at two stations in Switzerland using hemispherical sky cameras

Aebi, Christine; Gröbner, Julian; Kämpfer, Niklaus; Vuilleumier, Laurent

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4587-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4587-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4587-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

Research article

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30 Nov 2017

Research article |

| 30 Nov 2017

Cloud radiative effect, cloud fraction and cloud type at two stations in Switzerland using hemispherical sky cameras

Christine Aebi, Julian Gröbner, Niklaus Kämpfer, and Laurent Vuilleumier

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of manuscript "Long-term study of cloud radiative effect…" by Aebi et al', Josep Calbó, 14 Aug 2017
- AC2: 'Final response to RC1', Christine Aebi, 09 Oct 2017
RC2: 'Long-term study of cloud radiative effect, cloud fraction and cloud type at two stations in Switzerland using hemispherical sky cameras', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Aug 2017
- AC1: 'Final response to RC2', Christine Aebi, 09 Oct 2017
RC3: 'Review of the manuscript "Long-term study of cloud radiative effect, cloud fraction and cloud type at two stations in Switzerland using hemispherical sky cameras" by Christine Aebi et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 28 Aug 2017
- AC3: 'Final response to RC3', Christine Aebi, 09 Oct 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Christine Aebi on behalf of the Authors (09 Oct 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (09 Oct 2017) by Vassilis Amiridis

AR by Christine Aebi on behalf of the Authors (12 Oct 2017)

Short summary

The current study analyses the cloud radiative effect during the daytime depending on cloud fraction and cloud type at two stations in Switzerland over a time period of 3–5 years. Information about fractional cloud coverage and cloud type is retrieved from images taken by visible all-sky cameras. Cloud cover, cloud type and other atmospheric parameters have an influence on the magnitude of the longwave cloud effect as well as on the shortwave.