Retrieval of water vapor using ground-based observations from a prototype ATOMMS active centimeter- and millimeter-wavelength occultation instrument

Ward, Dale M.; Kursinski, E. Robert; Otarola, Angel C.; Stovern, Michael; McGhee, Josh; Young, Abe; Hainsworth, Jared; Hagen, Jeff; Sisk, William; Reed, Heather

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1955-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1955-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1955-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

Research article

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27 Mar 2019

Research article |

| 27 Mar 2019

Retrieval of water vapor using ground-based observations from a prototype ATOMMS active centimeter- and millimeter-wavelength occultation instrument

Dale M. Ward, E. Robert Kursinski, Angel C. Otarola, Michael Stovern, Josh McGhee, Abe Young, Jared Hainsworth, Jeff Hagen, William Sisk, and Heather Reed

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Final revised paper (published on 27 Mar 2019)
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Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Complete review', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Sep 2017
- AC1: 'Responses to Individual Comments from Anonymous Reviewer #1', Dale Ward, 24 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Revised Document based on Comments from Anonymous Reviewer #1', Dale Ward, 24 Oct 2017
- AC3: 'Updated Responses to comments from anonymous review #1', Dale Ward, 31 Jul 2018
- AC4: 'Responses to Comments from Dave Adams', Dale Ward, 31 Jul 2018
- AC5: 'Responses to Comments from Anonymous Referee #2', Dale Ward, 01 Aug 2018
RC2: 'Referee report', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 May 2018
- AC5: 'Responses to Comments from Anonymous Referee #2', Dale Ward, 01 Aug 2018
- AC4: 'Responses to Comments from Dave Adams', Dale Ward, 31 Jul 2018
- AC3: 'Updated Responses to comments from anonymous review #1', Dale Ward, 31 Jul 2018
RC3: 'Review', David Adams, 09 May 2018
- AC4: 'Responses to Comments from Dave Adams', Dale Ward, 31 Jul 2018
- AC3: 'Updated Responses to comments from anonymous review #1', Dale Ward, 31 Jul 2018
- AC5: 'Responses to Comments from Anonymous Referee #2', Dale Ward, 01 Aug 2018

Peer-review completion

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

AR by Dale Ward on behalf of the Authors (21 Aug 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Aug 2018) by Isaac Moradi

RR by David Adams (11 Sep 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (19 Sep 2018) by Isaac Moradi

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (26 Sep 2018) by Isaac Moradi

AR by Dale Ward on behalf of the Authors (06 Oct 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (10 Oct 2018) by Isaac Moradi

AR by Dale Ward on behalf of the Authors (16 Feb 2019)

Short summary

Satellite-to-satellite occultations near 22 and 183 GHz water absorption lines promise to profile the atmosphere with unprecedented performance needed for forecasting weather and climate. We describe measurements made with a prototype instrument between mountaintops during a thunderstorm that determined water vapor to better than 1 %, even when cloud and rain attenuated the signals. The precision and dynamic range far exceeded present instruments and are similar to theoretical expectations.