A new zenith-looking narrow-band radiometer-based system (ZEN) for dust aerosol optical depth monitoring

Almansa, A. Fernando; Cuevas, Emilio; Torres, Benjamín; Barreto, África; García, Rosa D.; Cachorro, Victoria E.; de Frutos, Ángel M.; López, César; Ramos, Ramón

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-565-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-565-2017

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-565-2017

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

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

Research article

|

20 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 20 Feb 2017

A new zenith-looking narrow-band radiometer-based system (ZEN) for dust aerosol optical depth monitoring

A. Fernando Almansa, Emilio Cuevas, Benjamín Torres, África Barreto, Rosa D. García, Victoria E. Cachorro, Ángel M. de Frutos, César López, and Ramón Ramos

Download

Final revised paper (published on 20 Feb 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 23 Sep 2016)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

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

- Printer-friendly version

- Supplement

RC1: 'comments to Fernando et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Antonio Fernando Almansa Rodríguez, 28 Dec 2016
RC2: 'Interactive comment on manuscript "A new zenith looking narrow-band radiometer based system (ZEN) for dust Aerosol Optical Depth monitoring", by A.F. Almansa et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Oct 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Antonio Fernando Almansa Rodríguez, 28 Dec 2016
AC3: 'Final manuscript', Antonio Fernando Almansa Rodríguez, 28 Dec 2016

Short summary

This study presents a new zenith-looking narrow-band radiometer-based system (ZEN), conceived for dust aerosol optical depth (AOD) monitoring. The ZEN system comprises a robust and automated radiometer (ZEN-R41), and a lookup table methodology for AOD retrieval (ZEN-LUT). Our results suggest that ZEN is a suitable system to fill the current observational gaps and to complement observations performed by sun-photometer networks in order to improve mineral dust monitoring in remote locations.