Validation of the TOLNet lidars: the Southern California Ozone Observation Project (SCOOP)

Leblanc, Thierry; Brewer, Mark A.; Wang, Patrick S.; Granados-Muñoz, Maria Jose; Strawbridge, Kevin B.; Travis, Michael; Firanski, Bernard; Sullivan, John T.; McGee, Thomas J.; Sumnicht, Grant K.; Twigg, Laurence W.; Berkoff, Timothy A.; Carrion, William; Gronoff, Guillaume; Aknan, Ali; Chen, Gao; Alvarez, Raul J.; Langford, Andrew O.; Senff, Christoph J.; Kirgis, Guillaume; Johnson, Matthew S.; Kuang, Shi; Newchurch, Michael J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6137-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6137-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6137-2018

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

Articles | Volume 11, issue 11

Research article

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12 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 12 Nov 2018

Validation of the TOLNet lidars: the Southern California Ozone Observation Project (SCOOP)

Thierry Leblanc, Mark A. Brewer, Patrick S. Wang, Maria Jose Granados-Muñoz, Kevin B. Strawbridge, Michael Travis, Bernard Firanski, John T. Sullivan, Thomas J. McGee, Grant K. Sumnicht, Laurence W. Twigg, Timothy A. Berkoff, William Carrion, Guillaume Gronoff, Ali Aknan, Gao Chen, Raul J. Alvarez, Andrew O. Langford, Christoph J. Senff, Guillaume Kirgis, Matthew S. Johnson, Shi Kuang, and Michael J. Newchurch

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Sep 2018
- AC1: 'Responses to reviewer 1', Thierry Leblanc, 05 Oct 2018
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript number AMT-2018-240 submitted to Atmospheric Measurement Techniques and entitled “Validation of the TOLNet Lidars: The Southern California Ozone Observation Project (SCOOP)” by T. Leblanc et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Sep 2018
- AC2: 'Responses to Reviewer 2', Thierry Leblanc, 05 Oct 2018

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AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (18 Oct 2018) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (22 Oct 2018) by Ulla Wandinger

Short summary

This article reviews the capability of five ozone lidars from the North American TOLNet lidar network. These ground-based laser remote-sensing instruments typically measure ozone in the troposphere with a precision of 5 % and vertical and time resolutions of 100 m and 10 min, respectively. Understanding ozone variability at high spatiotemporal scales is essential for monitoring air quality, human health, and climate. The article shows that the TOLNet lidars are very well suited for this purpose.