Characterization of blackbody inhomogeneity and its effect on the retrieval results of the GLORIA instrument

Kleinert, Anne; Krisch, Isabell; Ungermann, Jörn; Adibekyan, Albert; Gutschwager, Berndt; Monte, Christian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3871-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3871-2018

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3871-2018

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

Articles | Volume 11, issue 7

Research article

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03 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 03 Jul 2018

Characterization of blackbody inhomogeneity and its effect on the retrieval results of the GLORIA instrument

Anne Kleinert, Isabell Krisch, Jörn Ungermann, Albert Adibekyan, Berndt Gutschwager, and Christian Monte

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RC1: 'FDU_Request_for_minor_revisions', Fabien Dupont, 10 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Answers to the interactive comment on "Characterization of blackbody inhomogeneity and its effect on the retrieval results of the GLORIA instrument" by Anne Kleinert et al. by F. Dupont (referee).', Anne Kleinert, 30 May 2018
RC2: 'Request for minor revisions (Joe Taylor)', Joe Taylor, 30 Apr 2018
- AC2: 'Answers to the interactive comment on "Characterization of blackbody inhomogeneity and its effect on the retrieval results of the GLORIA instrument" by Anne Kleinert et al. by J. Taylor (referee).', Anne Kleinert, 30 May 2018

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (05 Jun 2018) by Helen Worden

AR by Anne Kleinert on behalf of the Authors (05 Jun 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

This study investigates the required accuracy of radiometric calibration sources for remote sensing instruments to properly resolve decadal trends of climate relevant trace species like ozone, water vapor and temperature. The required temperature knowledge of the calibration source is in the order of 100 mK. This is demonstrated by a Monte Carlo simulation. The results are confirmed using real measurements acquired by the GLORIA instrument.