The instrument constant of sky radiometers (POM-02) – Part 2: Solid view angle

Uchiyama, Akihiro; Matsunaga, Tsuneo; Yamazaki, Akihiro

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5389-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5389-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5389-2018

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26 Sep 2018

Research article |

| 26 Sep 2018

The instrument constant of sky radiometers (POM-02) – Part 2: Solid view angle

Akihiro Uchiyama, Tsuneo Matsunaga, and Akihiro Yamazaki

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Final revised paper (published on 26 Sep 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 11 Jan 2018)

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SC1: 'Too many summaries of non-referred work and approximations - but well worth a re-write', Bruce Forgan, 19 Jan 2018
- EC1: 'Comment by Bruce Forgan', Omar Torres, 09 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to comments', Akihiro Uchiyama, 01 May 2018
RC1: 'Review of manuscript 'The instrument constant of sky radiometers (POM-02), Part II: Solid view angle'', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Apr 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to comments', Akihiro Uchiyama, 01 May 2018

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

AR by Akihiro Uchiyama on behalf of the Authors (01 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Jun 2018) by Omar Torres

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (11 Jul 2018)

ED: Publish as is (11 Jul 2018) by Omar Torres

AR by Akihiro Uchiyama on behalf of the Authors (17 Jul 2018)

Short summary

Atmospheric aerosols are an important constituent of the atmosphere. Measurement networks using radiometers such as SKYNET have been developed. There are two constants that we must determine. One of them is the solid view angle (SVA) of the radiometer. The problems related to SVA were investigated. It was shown that the conventional method can cause a systematic underestimation, and an improved method was proposed. Utilizing the results of this paper, SKYNET data will become more reliable.