Noise performance of microwave humidity sounders over their lifetime

Hans, Imke; Burgdorf, Martin; John, Viju O.; Mittaz, Jonathan; Buehler, Stefan A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4927-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4927-2017

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4927-2017

© 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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18 Dec 2017

Research article |

| 18 Dec 2017

Noise performance of microwave humidity sounders over their lifetime

Imke Hans, Martin Burgdorf, Viju O. John, Jonathan Mittaz, and Stefan A. Buehler

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Preprint (discussion started on 24 Aug 2017)

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

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RC1: 'anonymous review', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Sep 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee1', Imke Hans, 22 Sep 2017
RC2: 'Review AMT-2017-277', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee 2', Imke Hans, 16 Oct 2017

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

AR by Imke Hans on behalf of the Authors (26 Oct 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (12 Nov 2017) by Tanvir Islam

AR by Imke Hans on behalf of the Authors (15 Nov 2017)

Short summary

In our article we present the evolution of the noise of 11 microwave radiometers used for meteorological remote sensing. We used the Allan deviation to compute an estimate of the noise on the calibration measurements. We provide graphics as an overview to enable the users of the data to decide on the usability of the data for their purposes. Moreover, our analysis enters the production of new FCDRs (Fundamental Climate Data Records) within the FIDUCEO project.