An experimental 2D-Var retrieval using AMSR2

Duncan, David Ian; Eriksson, Patrick; Pfreundschuh, Simon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6341-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6341-2019

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6341-2019

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 12

Research article

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03 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 03 Dec 2019

An experimental 2D-Var retrieval using AMSR2

David Ian Duncan, Patrick Eriksson, and Simon Pfreundschuh

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Final revised paper (published on 03 Dec 2019)
Preprint (discussion started on 08 May 2019)

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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, 15 May 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewers', David Duncan, 22 Aug 2019
RC2: 'Review for AMT of “An experimental 2DVAR retrieval using AMSR2” by Duncan et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewers', David Duncan, 22 Aug 2019

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

AR by David Duncan on behalf of the Authors (04 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (07 Oct 2019) by Ad Stoffelen

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 Oct 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (21 Oct 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (21 Oct 2019) by Ad Stoffelen

AR by David Duncan on behalf of the Authors (22 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (28 Oct 2019) by Ad Stoffelen

AR by David Duncan on behalf of the Authors (29 Oct 2019)

Short summary

The overlapping beams of some satellite observations contain spatial information that is discarded by most data processing techniques. This study applies an established technique in a new way to improve the spatial resolution of retrieval targets, effectively using the overlapping information to achieve a higher ultimate resolution. It is argued that this is a more optimal use of the total information available from current microwave sensors, using AMSR2 as an example.