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Volume 11, issue 7

02 Jul 2018

A highly miniaturized satellite payload based on a spatial heterodyne spectrometer for atmospheric temperature measurements in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

Martin Kaufmann, Friedhelm Olschewski, Klaus Mantel, Brian Solheim, Gordon Shepherd, Michael Deiml, Jilin Liu, Rui Song, Qiuyu Chen, Oliver Wroblowski, Daikang Wei, Yajun Zhu, Friedrich Wagner, Florian Loosen, Denis Froehlich, Tom Neubert, Heinz Rongen, Peter Knieling, Panos Toumpas, Jinjun Shan, Geshi Tang, Ralf Koppmann, and Martin Riese

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3861–3870, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3861-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3861-2018, 2018

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03 Jul 2018

Characterization of blackbody inhomogeneity and its effect on the retrieval results of the GLORIA instrument

Anne Kleinert, Isabell Krisch, Jörn Ungermann, Albert Adibekyan, Berndt Gutschwager, and Christian Monte

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3871–3882, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3871-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3871-2018, 2018

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04 Jul 2018

From model to radar variables: a new forward polarimetric radar operator for COSMO

Daniel Wolfensberger and Alexis Berne

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3883–3916, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3883-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3883-2018, 2018

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04 Jul 2018

Determination of the TROPOMI-SWIR instrument spectral response function

Richard M. van Hees, Paul J. J. Tol, Sidney Cadot, Matthijs Krijger, Stefan T. Persijn, Tim A. van Kempen, Ralph Snel, Ilse Aben, and Ruud W. M. Hoogeveen

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3917–3933, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3917-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3917-2018, 2018

06 Jul 2018

Remote sensing of aerosols with small satellites in formation flight

Kirk Knobelspiesse and Sreeja Nag

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3935–3954, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3935-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3935-2018, 2018

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06 Jul 2018

Comparing OMI-based and EPA AQS in situ NO₂ trends: towards understanding surface NO_x emission changes

Ruixiong Zhang, Yuhang Wang, Charles Smeltzer, Hang Qu, William Koshak, and K. Folkert Boersma

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3955–3967, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3955-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3955-2018, 2018

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06 Jul 2018

HOVERCAT: a novel aerial system for evaluation of aerosol–cloud interactions

Jessie M. Creamean, Katherine M. Primm, Margaret A. Tolbert, Emrys G. Hall, Jim Wendell, Allen Jordan, Patrick J. Sheridan, Jedediah Smith, and Russell C. Schnell

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3969–3985, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3969-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3969-2018, 2018

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06 Jul 2018

Characterization of steady-state fluorescence properties of polystyrene latex spheres using off- and online spectroscopic methods

Tobias Könemann, Nicole J. Savage, J. Alex Huffman, and Christopher Pöhlker

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3987–4003, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3987-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3987-2018, 2018

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11 Jul 2018

Inter-channel uniformity of a microwave sounder in space

Martin Burgdorf, Imke Hans, Marc Prange, Theresa Lang, and Stefan A. Buehler

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4005–4014, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4005-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4005-2018, 2018

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11 Jul 2018

Ice particle sampling from aircraft – influence of the probing position on the ice water content

Armin Afchine, Christian Rolf, Anja Costa, Nicole Spelten, Martin Riese, Bernhard Buchholz, Volker Ebert, Romy Heller, Stefan Kaufmann, Andreas Minikin, Christiane Voigt, Martin Zöger, Jessica Smith, Paul Lawson, Alexey Lykov, Sergey Khaykin, and Martina Krämer

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4015–4031, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4015-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4015-2018, 2018

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11 Jul 2018

Improved slant column density retrieval of nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde for OMI and GOME-2A from QA4ECV: intercomparison, uncertainty characterisation, and trends

Marina Zara, K. Folkert Boersma, Isabelle De Smedt, Andreas Richter, Enno Peters, Jos H. G. M. van Geffen, Steffen Beirle, Thomas Wagner, Michel Van Roozendael, Sergey Marchenko, Lok N. Lamsal, and Henk J. Eskes

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4033–4058, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4033-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4033-2018, 2018

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13 Jul 2018

Internal consistency of the Regional Brewer Calibration Centre for Europe triad during the period 2005–2016

Sergio Fabián León-Luis, Alberto Redondas, Virgilio Carreño, Javier López-Solano, Alberto Berjón, Bentorey Hernández-Cruz, and Daniel Santana-Díaz

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4059–4072, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4059-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4059-2018, 2018

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13 Jul 2018

Exploring systematic offsets between aerosol products from the two MODIS sensors

Robert C. Levy, Shana Mattoo, Virginia Sawyer, Yingxi Shi, Peter R. Colarco, Alexei I. Lyapustin, Yujie Wang, and Lorraine A. Remer

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4073–4092, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4073-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4073-2018, 2018

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16 Jul 2018

A cloud algorithm based on the O₂-O₂ 477 nm absorption band featuring an advanced spectral fitting method and the use of surface geometry-dependent Lambertian-equivalent reflectivity

Alexander Vasilkov, Eun-Su Yang, Sergey Marchenko, Wenhan Qin, Lok Lamsal, Joanna Joiner, Nickolay Krotkov, David Haffner, Pawan K. Bhartia, and Robert Spurr

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4093–4107, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4093-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4093-2018, 2018

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17 Jul 2018

Quantification of peroxynitric acid and peroxyacyl nitrates using an ethane-based thermal dissociation peroxy radical chemical amplification cavity ring-down spectrometer

Youssef M. Taha, Matthew T. Saowapon, Faisal V. Assad, Connie Z. Ye, Xining Chen, Natasha M. Garner, and Hans D. Osthoff

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4109–4127, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4109-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4109-2018, 2018

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17 Jul 2018

CALIPSO lidar level 3 aerosol profile product: version 3 algorithm design

Jason L. Tackett, David M. Winker, Brian J. Getzewich, Mark A. Vaughan, Stuart A. Young, and Jayanta Kar

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4129–4152, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4129-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4129-2018, 2018

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17 Jul 2018

Correction of CCI cloud data over the Swiss Alps using ground-based radiation measurements

Fanny Jeanneret, Giovanni Martucci, Simon Pinnock, and Alexis Berne

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4153–4170, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4153-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4153-2018, 2018

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18 Jul 2018

The MUSICA IASI CH₄ and N₂O products and their comparison to HIPPO, GAW and NDACC FTIR references

Omaira E. García, Matthias Schneider, Benjamin Ertl, Eliezer Sepúlveda, Christian Borger, Christopher Diekmann, Andreas Wiegele, Frank Hase, Sabine Barthlott, Thomas Blumenstock, Uwe Raffalski, Angel Gómez-Peláez, Martin Steinbacher, Ludwig Ries, and Angel M. de Frutos

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4171–4215, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4171-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4171-2018, 2018

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18 Jul 2018

All-sky information content analysis for novel passive microwave instruments in the range from 23.8 to 874.4 GHz

Verena Grützun, Stefan A. Buehler, Lukas Kluft, Jana Mendrok, Manfred Brath, and Patrick Eriksson

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4217–4237, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4217-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4217-2018, 2018

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19 Jul 2018

Estimating observation and model error variances using multiple data sets

Richard Anthes and Therese Rieckh

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4239–4260, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4239-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4239-2018, 2018

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19 Jul 2018

A method for computing the three-dimensional radial distribution function of cloud particles from holographic images

Michael L. Larsen and Raymond A. Shaw

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4261–4272, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4261-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4261-2018, 2018

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20 Jul 2018

Parameterizing cloud top effective radii from satellite retrieved values, accounting for vertical photon transport: quantification and correction of the resulting bias in droplet concentration and liquid water path retrievals

Daniel P. Grosvenor, Odran Sourdeval, and Robert Wood

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4273–4289, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4273-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4273-2018, 2018

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20 Jul 2018

Estimation of turbulence dissipation rate and its variability from sonic anemometer and wind Doppler lidar during the XPIA field campaign

Nicola Bodini, Julie K. Lundquist, and Rob K. Newsom

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4291–4308, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4291-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4291-2018, 2018

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20 Jul 2018

Evaluating two methods of estimating error variances using simulated data sets with known errors

Therese Rieckh and Richard Anthes

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4309–4325, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4309-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4309-2018, 2018

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23 Jul 2018

Limited angle tomography of mesoscale gravity waves by the infrared limb-sounder GLORIA

Isabell Krisch, Jörn Ungermann, Peter Preusse, Erik Kretschmer, and Martin Riese

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4327–4344, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4327-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4327-2018, 2018

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23 Jul 2018

Exploring femtosecond laser ablation in single-particle aerosol mass spectrometry

Ramakrishna Ramisetty, Ahmed Abdelmonem, Xiaoli Shen, Harald Saathoff, Thomas Leisner, and Claudia Mohr

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4345–4360, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4345-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4345-2018, 2018

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24 Jul 2018

Determining the link between hygroscopicity and composition for semi-volatile aerosol species

Joel Alroe, Luke T. Cravigan, Marc D. Mallet, Zoran D. Ristovski, Branka Miljevic, Chiemeriwo G. Osuagwu, and Graham R. Johnson

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4361–4372, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4361-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4361-2018, 2018

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25 Jul 2018

Reduction in 317–780 nm radiance reflected from the sunlit Earth during the eclipse of 21 August 2017

Jay Herman, Guoyong Wen, Alexander Marshak, Karin Blank, Liang Huang, Alexander Cede, Nader Abuhassan, and Matthew Kowalewski

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4373–4388, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4373-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4373-2018, 2018

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25 Jul 2018

Towards variational retrieval of warm rain from passive microwave observations

David Ian Duncan, Christian D. Kummerow, Brenda Dolan, and Veljko Petković

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4389–4411, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4389-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4389-2018, 2018

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25 Jul 2018

A novel semi-direct method to measure OH reactivity by chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS)

Jennifer B. A. Muller, Thomas Elste, Christian Plass-Dülmer, Georg Stange, Robert Holla, Anja Claude, Jennifer Englert, Stefan Gilge, and Dagmar Kubistin

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4413–4433, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4413-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4413-2018, 2018

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25 Jul 2018

The SPARC water vapour assessment II: comparison of stratospheric and lower mesospheric water vapour time series observed from satellites

Farahnaz Khosrawi, Stefan Lossow, Gabriele P. Stiller, Karen H. Rosenlof, Joachim Urban, John P. Burrows, Robert P. Damadeo, Patrick Eriksson, Maya García-Comas, John C. Gille, Yasuko Kasai, Michael Kiefer, Gerald E. Nedoluha, Stefan Noël, Piera Raspollini, William G. Read, Alexei Rozanov, Christopher E. Sioris, Kaley A. Walker, and Katja Weigel

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4435–4463, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4435-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4435-2018, 2018

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26 Jul 2018

Rainfall retrieval with commercial microwave links in São Paulo, Brazil

Manuel F. Rios Gaona, Aart Overeem, Timothy H. Raupach, Hidde Leijnse, and Remko Uijlenhoet

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4465–4476, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4465-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4465-2018, 2018

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26 Jul 2018

Data inversion methods to determine sub-3 nm aerosol size distributions using the particle size magnifier

Runlong Cai, Dongsen Yang, Lauri R. Ahonen, Linlin Shi, Frans Korhonen, Yan Ma, Jiming Hao, Tuukka Petäjä, Jun Zheng, Juha Kangasluoma, and Jingkun Jiang

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4477–4491, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4477-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4477-2018, 2018

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27 Jul 2018

Characterization and correction of stray light in TROPOMI-SWIR

Paul J. J. Tol, Tim A. van Kempen, Richard M. van Hees, Matthijs Krijger, Sidney Cadot, Ralph Snel, Stefan T. Persijn, Ilse Aben, and Ruud W. M. Hoogeveen

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4493–4507, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4493-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4493-2018, 2018

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27 Jul 2018

The importance of surface reflectance anisotropy for cloud and NO₂ retrievals from GOME-2 and OMI

Alba Lorente, K. Folkert Boersma, Piet Stammes, L. Gijsbert Tilstra, Andreas Richter, Huan Yu, Said Kharbouche, and Jan-Peter Muller

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4509–4529, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4509-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4509-2018, 2018

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30 Jul 2018

Development of an incoherent broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectrometer for in situ measurements of HONO and NO₂

Jun Duan, Min Qin, Bin Ouyang, Wu Fang, Xin Li, Keding Lu, Ke Tang, Shuaixi Liang, Fanhao Meng, Zhaokun Hu, Pinhua Xie, Wenqing Liu, and Rolf Häsler

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4531–4543, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4531-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4531-2018, 2018

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31 Jul 2018

Simulation study for the Stratospheric Inferred Winds (SIW) sub-millimeter limb sounder

Philippe Baron, Donal Murtagh, Patrick Eriksson, Jana Mendrok, Satoshi Ochiai, Kristell Pérot, Hideo Sagawa, and Makoto Suzuki

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4545–4566, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4545-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4545-2018, 2018

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31 Jul 2018

New calibration procedures for airborne turbulence measurements and accuracy of the methane fluxes during the AirMeth campaigns

Jörg Hartmann, Martin Gehrmann, Katrin Kohnert, Stefan Metzger, and Torsten Sachs

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 4567–4581, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4567-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4567-2018, 2018

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