Can turbulence within the field of view cause significant biases in radiative transfer modeling at the 183&thinsp;GHz band?

Calbet, Xavier; Peinado-Galan, Niobe; DeSouza-Machado, Sergio; Kursinski, Emil Robert; Oria, Pedro; Ward, Dale; Otarola, Angel; Rípodas, Pilar; Kivi, Rigel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6409-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6409-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-6409-2018

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

Articles | Volume 11, issue 12

Research article

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30 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 30 Nov 2018

Can turbulence within the field of view cause significant biases in radiative transfer modeling at the 183 GHz band?

Xavier Calbet, Niobe Peinado-Galan, Sergio DeSouza-Machado, Emil Robert Kursinski, Pedro Oria, Dale Ward, Angel Otarola, Pilar Rípodas, and Rigel Kivi

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SC1: 'Questions on Hessian and on role of humidity offset', Stefan Buehler, 16 Aug 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to comments from Stefan Buehler', Xavier Calbet, 24 Oct 2018
RC1: 'comments on paper', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Aug 2018
- AC2: 'Responses to Referee 1', Xavier Calbet, 24 Oct 2018
RC2: 'Review of « Can turbulence within the field of view cause significant biases in radiative transfer modelling at the 183GHz Band ? » by X. Calbet et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Sep 2018
- AC3: 'Responses to Referee 2', Xavier Calbet, 24 Oct 2018

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AR by Xavier Calbet on behalf of the Authors (26 Oct 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (29 Oct 2018) by Tanvir Islam

AR by Xavier Calbet on behalf of the Authors (31 Oct 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The hypothesis whether turbulence within the passive microwave sounders field of view can cause significant biases in radiative transfer modelling at the 183 GHz water vapour absorption band is tested. It is shown that this effect can cause significant biases, which can match the observed ones by Brogniez et al. (2016). They can be explained by locating intense turbulence in the high troposphere, such as the one present in clear air turbulence, cumulus clouds or storms.