Calibration of the 2007–2017 record of Atmospheric Radiation Measurements cloud radar observations using CloudSat

Kollias, Pavlos; Puigdomènech Treserras, Bernat; Protat, Alain

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4949-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4949-2019

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4949-2019

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 9

Research article

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12 Sep 2019

Research article |

| 12 Sep 2019

Calibration of the 2007–2017 record of Atmospheric Radiation Measurements cloud radar observations using CloudSat

Pavlos Kollias, Bernat Puigdomènech Treserras, and Alain Protat

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

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Apr 2019
- AC1: 'Response to the reviewer', Pavlos Kollias, 04 Jul 2019
RC2: 'Calibration of the 2007-2017 record of ARM Cloud Radar', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 May 2019
- AC2: 'Response to the reviewer', Pavlos Kollias, 04 Jul 2019
RC3: 'Reveiw of Manuscript amt-2019-34', Roger Marchand, 05 May 2019
- AC3: 'Response to the reviewer', Pavlos Kollias, 04 Jul 2019

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

AR by Pavlos Kollias on behalf of the Authors (04 Jul 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Jul 2019) by Mark Kulie

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Jul 2019)

ED: Publish as is (01 Aug 2019) by Mark Kulie

AR by Pavlos Kollias on behalf of the Authors (10 Aug 2019)

Short summary

Profiling millimeter-wavelength radars are the cornerstone instrument of surface-based observatories. Calibrating these radars is important for establishing a long record of observations suitable for model evaluation and improvement. Here, the CloudSat CPR is used to assess the calibration of a record over 10 years long of ARM cloud radar observations (a total of 44 years). The results indicate that correction coefficients are needed to improve record reliability and usability.