Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1295-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1295-2019
Research article
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28 Feb 2019
Research article |  | 28 Feb 2019

Halo ratio from ground-based all-sky imaging

Paolo Dandini, Zbigniew Ulanowski, David Campbell, and Richard Kaye

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AR by Zbigniew Ulanowski on behalf of the Authors (04 Jul 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Aug 2018) by Bernhard Mayer
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (12 Aug 2018)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 Sep 2018)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (18 Sep 2018) by Bernhard Mayer
AR by Zbigniew Ulanowski on behalf of the Authors (11 Dec 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (24 Dec 2018) by Bernhard Mayer
AR by Zbigniew Ulanowski on behalf of the Authors (25 Jan 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Jan 2019) by Bernhard Mayer
AR by Zbigniew Ulanowski on behalf of the Authors (08 Feb 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (11 Feb 2019) by Bernhard Mayer
AR by Zbigniew Ulanowski on behalf of the Authors (12 Feb 2019)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
The halo ratio indicates the strength of the 22° cirrus halo and gives valuable information on cloud properties. We obtain it from all-sky images by applying a range of transformations and corrections and averaging brightness azimuthally over sun-centred images. The ratio is then taken at two angles from the sun, 20° and 23°, in variance from previous suggestions. While we find ratios > 1 to be linked to halos, they can also occur under scattered cumuli as artefacts due to cloud edges.