Year-round stratospheric aerosol backscatter ratios calculated from lidar measurements above northern Norway

Langenbach, Arvid; Baumgarten, Gerd; Fiedler, Jens; Lübken, Franz-Josef; von Savigny, Christian; Zalach, Jacob

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4065-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4065-2019

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4065-2019

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 7

Research article

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24 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 24 Jul 2019

Year-round stratospheric aerosol backscatter ratios calculated from lidar measurements above northern Norway

Arvid Langenbach, Gerd Baumgarten, Jens Fiedler, Franz-Josef Lübken, Christian von Savigny, and Jacob Zalach

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RC1: 'Review of Brand et al. (2019)', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Apr 2019
- AC1: 'Answer to Anonymous Referee #1', Arvid Langenbach, 07 Jun 2019
RC2: 'Review of the paper ”Year-round stratospheric aerosol backscatter ratios calculated from lidar measurements above Northern Norway” by Arvid Brand et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Apr 2019
- AC2: 'Answer to Anonymous Referee #2', Arvid Langenbach, 07 Jun 2019
RC3: 'review', Anonymous Referee #3, 01 May 2019
- AC3: 'Answer to Anonymous Referee #3', Arvid Langenbach, 07 Jun 2019

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

AR by Arvid Langenbach on behalf of the Authors (13 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Jun 2019) by Andrew Sayer

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (24 Jun 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (30 Jun 2019)

ED: Publish as is (01 Jul 2019) by Andrew Sayer

AR by Arvid Langenbach on behalf of the Authors (03 Jul 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

Stratospheric aerosol backscatter ratios in the Arctic using Rayleigh, Mie and Raman backscattered signals were calculated. A backscatter ratio calculation during daytime was performed for the first time. Sharp aerosol layers thinner than 1 km over several days were observed. The seasonal cycle of stratospheric background aerosol in high latitudes including the summer months was calculated for the first time. Top altitude of the aerosol layer was found to reach up to 34 km, especially in summer.