Novel aerosol extinction coefficients and lidar ratios over the ocean from CALIPSO–CloudSat: evaluation and global statistics

Painemal, David; Clayton, Marian; Ferrare, Richard; Burton, Sharon; Josset, Damien; Vaughan, Mark

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2201-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2201-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2201-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

Research article

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10 Apr 2019

Research article |

| 10 Apr 2019

Novel aerosol extinction coefficients and lidar ratios over the ocean from CALIPSO–CloudSat: evaluation and global statistics

David Painemal, Marian Clayton, Richard Ferrare, Sharon Burton, Damien Josset, and Mark Vaughan

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'Reply, Referee #1', David Painemal, 11 Mar 2019
- AC3: 'Revised manuscript', David Painemal, 11 Mar 2019
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Jan 2019
- AC2: 'Reply, Referee #2', David Painemal, 11 Mar 2019
- AC4: 'Revised manuscript', David Painemal, 11 Mar 2019

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

AR by David Painemal on behalf of the Authors (13 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Mar 2019) by Ulla Wandinger

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Mar 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (20 Mar 2019)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (20 Mar 2019) by Ulla Wandinger

AR by David Painemal on behalf of the Authors (27 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We present 1 year of a new CALIOP-based aerosol extinction coefficient and lidar ratio over the ocean, with the goal of providing a flexible dataset for climate research as well as independent retrievals that can be helpful for refining CALIPSO Science Team algorithms. The retrievals are derived by constraining the lidar equation with an aerosol optical depth estimated from cross-calibrated CALIOP and CloudSat surface echos.