Simultaneous retrieval of water vapour, temperature and cirrus clouds properties from measurements of far infrared spectral radiance over the Antarctic Plateau

Di Natale, Gianluca; Palchetti, Luca; Bianchini, Giovanni; Del Guasta, Massimo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-825-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-825-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-825-2017

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Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

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08 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 08 Mar 2017

Simultaneous retrieval of water vapour, temperature and cirrus clouds properties from measurements of far infrared spectral radiance over the Antarctic Plateau

Gianluca Di Natale, Luca Palchetti, Giovanni Bianchini, and Massimo Del Guasta

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 25 Aug 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #3', Luca Palchetti, 09 Nov 2016
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Sep 2016
- AC3: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Luca Palchetti, 09 Nov 2016
RC3: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Sep 2016
- AC4: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Luca Palchetti, 09 Nov 2016
AC1: 'Updated manuscript', Luca Palchetti, 09 Nov 2016

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We evaluate the simultaneous remote sensing of atmospheric vertical profiles of water vapour and temperature along with some micro-physical parameters, such as ice-particle effective diameter and ice water content of cirrus clouds, using far infrared spectral measurements of the downwelling longwave radiation. The developed methodology allows to retrieve the atmospheric state with good accuracy and high repetition rate, about 12 min, opening the capability to identify fast atmospheric events.