CALIPSO level 3 stratospheric aerosol profile product: version 1.00 algorithm description and initial assessment

Kar, Jayanta; Lee, Kam-Pui; Vaughan, Mark A.; Tackett, Jason L.; Trepte, Charles R.; Winker, David M.; Lucker, Patricia L.; Getzewich, Brian J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6173-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6173-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6173-2019

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

Research article

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25 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 25 Nov 2019

CALIPSO level 3 stratospheric aerosol profile product: version 1.00 algorithm description and initial assessment

Jayanta Kar, Kam-Pui Lee, Mark A. Vaughan, Jason L. Tackett, Charles R. Trepte, David M. Winker, Patricia L. Lucker, and Brian J. Getzewich

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

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RC1: 'Review of `CALIPSO Level 3 Stratospheric Aerosol Product: Version 1.00 Algorithm Description and Initial Assessment' by Kar et al.', Andrew Prata, 17 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Referee#2', Jayanta Kar, 26 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Review of manuscript by Kar et al.', Sergey Khaykin, 20 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Referee#3', Jayanta Kar, 26 Sep 2019
RC3: 'Review of “CALIPSO Level 3 Stratospheric Aerosol Product: Version 1.00 Algorithm Description and Initial Assessment” by Kar et al.', Michael Fromm, 22 Jul 2019
- AC3: 'Response to Referee#1', Jayanta Kar, 26 Sep 2019
RC4: 'review', Anonymous Referee #4, 07 Aug 2019
- AC4: 'Response to Referee#4', Jayanta Kar, 26 Sep 2019

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

AR by Jayanta Kar on behalf of the Authors (26 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Oct 2019) by Alexander Kokhanovsky

AR by Jayanta Kar on behalf of the Authors (08 Oct 2019)

Short summary

This work describes the science algorithm for the recently released CALIPSO level 3 stratospheric aerosol product. It is shown that the retrieved extinction profiles capture the major stratospheric perturbations over the last decade resulting from volcanic eruptions, pyroCb smoke events, and signatures of stratospheric dynamics. An initial assessment is also provided by intercomparison with the latest aerosol retrievals from the SAGE III instrument aboard the International Space Station.