Evaluation of MUSICA IASI tropospheric water vapour profiles using theoretical error assessments and comparisons to GRUAN Vaisala RS92 measurements

Borger, Christian; Schneider, Matthias; Ertl, Benjamin; Hase, Frank; García, Omaira E.; Sommer, Michael; Höpfner, Michael; Tjemkes, Stephen A.; Calbet, Xavier

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4981-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4981-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4981-2018

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04 Sep 2018

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Evaluation of MUSICA IASI tropospheric water vapour profiles using theoretical error assessments and comparisons to GRUAN Vaisala RS92 measurements

Christian Borger, Matthias Schneider, Benjamin Ertl, Frank Hase, Omaira E. García, Michael Sommer, Michael Höpfner, Stephen A. Tjemkes, and Xavier Calbet

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RC1: 'Review of Borger et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Mar 2018
- SC1: 'Reply to Referee #1', Matthias Schneider, 04 Apr 2018
  - AC2: 'SC again as AC', Christian Borger, 14 May 2018
RC2: 'Review for amt-2017-374', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #2', Christian Borger, 17 Apr 2018

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

AR by Christian Borger on behalf of the Authors (10 Jul 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Jul 2018) by Helen Worden

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (25 Jul 2018)

ED: Publish as is (26 Jul 2018) by Helen Worden

AR by Christian Borger on behalf of the Authors (21 Aug 2018)

Short summary

In this paper MUSICA IASI tropospheric water vapour profile retrievals are evaluated by performing theoretical error assessments and comparisons to GRUAN radiosonde measurements. We show that the vertical water vapour distribution is well captured from 1 km above the ground up to the tropopause. Largest error sources are unrecognized clouds and uncertainties in atmospheric temperature, which can reach about 25 %.