Extinction and optical depth retrievals for CALIPSO's Version 4 data release

Young, Stuart A.; Vaughan, Mark A.; Garnier, Anne; Tackett, Jason L.; Lambeth, James D.; Powell, Kathleen A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5701-2018

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CALIPSO version 4 algorithms and data products

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18 Oct 2018

Research article |

| 18 Oct 2018

Extinction and optical depth retrievals for CALIPSO's Version 4 data release

Stuart A. Young, Mark A. Vaughan, Anne Garnier, Jason L. Tackett, James D. Lambeth, and Kathleen A. Powell

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Jul 2018
- AC1: 'response to referee #1', Mark Vaughan, 26 Aug 2018
RC2: 'Referee Comment of Extinction and Optical Depth Retrievals for CALIPSO’s Version 4 Data Release', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Jul 2018
- AC2: 'response to referee #2', Mark Vaughan, 26 Aug 2018
RC3: 'Review of "Extinction and Optical Depth Retrievals for CALIPSO’s Version 4 Data Release" by Stuart et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 13 Jul 2018
- AC3: 'response to referee #3', Mark Vaughan, 26 Aug 2018
- AC5: 'additional response to referee #3', Mark Vaughan, 30 Aug 2018
SC1: 'Comment on "Extinction and Optical Depth Retrievals for CALIPSO’s Version-4 Data Release"', David Winker, 01 Aug 2018
- AC4: 'response to David Winker', Mark Vaughan, 26 Aug 2018

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

AR by Mark Vaughan on behalf of the Authors (30 Aug 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (14 Sep 2018) by Vassilis Amiridis

AR by Mark Vaughan on behalf of the Authors (23 Sep 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

This paper describes comprehensive upgrades to the algorithms used to retrieve altitude-resolved profiles of cloud and aerosol extinction coefficients from the elastic backscatter measurements made by the space-based CALIPSO lidar. The CALIPSO version 4 data products generated by these new algorithms are explored in detail, and the many areas of improvement are highlighted using extensive comparisons both to previous versions and to collocated measurements made by space-based passive sensors.