Development and application of a backscatter lidar forward operator for quantitative validation of aerosol dispersion models and future data assimilation

Geisinger, Armin; Behrendt, Andreas; Wulfmeyer, Volker; Strohbach, Jens; Förstner, Jochen; Potthast, Roland

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4705-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4705-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4705-2017

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

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

Research article

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05 Dec 2017

Research article |

| 05 Dec 2017

Development and application of a backscatter lidar forward operator for quantitative validation of aerosol dispersion models and future data assimilation

Armin Geisinger, Andreas Behrendt, Volker Wulfmeyer, Jens Strohbach, Jochen Förstner, and Roland Potthast

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RC1: 'Geisinger et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Jun 2017
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Jul 2017
AC1: 'Final Response to the Referees', Armin Geisinger, 14 Sep 2017

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AR by Armin Geisinger on behalf of the Authors (14 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Sep 2017) by Andrew Sayer

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (03 Oct 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (06 Oct 2017)

ED: Publish as is (06 Oct 2017) by Andrew Sayer

AR by Armin Geisinger on behalf of the Authors (11 Oct 2017)

Short summary

A new backscatter lidar forward operator for an aerosol-chemistry-transport model is presented which allows for a quantitative comparison of model output and backscatter lidar measurements from existing networks with unprecedented detail. By applying the forward operator, aerosol distribution model simulations of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption could be compared both quantitatively and qualitatively to measurements of the automated ceilometer lidar network in Germany.