Comparison of dust-layer heights from active and passive satellite sensors

Kylling, Arve; Vandenbussche, Sophie; Capelle, Virginie; Cuesta, Juan; Klüser, Lars; Lelli, Luca; Popp, Thomas; Stebel, Kerstin; Veefkind, Pepijn

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2911-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2911-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2911-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 5

Research article

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18 May 2018

Research article |

| 18 May 2018

Comparison of dust-layer heights from active and passive satellite sensors

Arve Kylling, Sophie Vandenbussche, Virginie Capelle, Juan Cuesta, Lars Klüser, Luca Lelli, Thomas Popp, Kerstin Stebel, and Pepijn Veefkind

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

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RC1: 'Good analysis, some omissions and presentation problems', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'Response to interactive comments from Referee #1', Arve Kylling, 23 Apr 2018
RC2: 'Science is sound but presentation needs to be improved', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Mar 2018
- AC2: '{Response to interactive comments from Referee #3', Arve Kylling, 23 Apr 2018

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

AR by Arve Kylling on behalf of the Authors (23 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Apr 2018) by Alexander Kokhanovsky

AR by Arve Kylling on behalf of the Authors (25 Apr 2018)

Short summary

The aerosol layer height is one of four aerosol parameters which is needed to enhance our understanding of aerosols' role in the climate system. Both active and passive measurement methods may be used to estimate the aerosol layer height. Aerosol height estimates made from passive infrared and solar satellite sensors measurements are compared with satellite-borne lidar estimates. There is considerable variation between the retrieved dust heights and how they compare with the lidar.