The application of mean averaging kernels to mean trace gas distributions

von Clarmann, Thomas; Glatthor, Norbert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5155-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5155-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5155-2019

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Articles | Volume 12, issue 9

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26 Sep 2019

Research article |

| 26 Sep 2019

The application of mean averaging kernels to mean trace gas distributions

Thomas von Clarmann and Norbert Glatthor

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

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RC1: 'Referee Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Apr 2019
- AC1: 'Reply 1', Thomas von Clarmann, 27 May 2019
RC2: 'referee comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Apr 2019
- AC2: 'Reply 2', Thomas von Clarmann, 27 May 2019

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

AR by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased) on behalf of the Authors (17 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Jul 2019) by Nathaniel Livesey

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (26 Jul 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (29 Jul 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (07 Aug 2019) by Nathaniel Livesey

AR by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased) on behalf of the Authors (08 Aug 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Aug 2019) by Nathaniel Livesey

AR by Thomas von Clarmann (deceased) on behalf of the Authors (21 Aug 2019)

Short summary

To avoid unnecessary data traffic it is sometimes desirable to apply mean averaging kernels to mean profiles of atmospheric state variables. Unfortunately, the application of individual averaging kernels to individual profiles and subsequent averaging will, in general, lead to different results than averaging of the original profiles prior to the application of the mean averaging kernels. This effect is investigated and a correction scheme is proposed.