Using reference radiosondes to characterise NWP model uncertainty for improved satellite calibration and validation

Carminati, Fabien; Migliorini, Stefano; Ingleby, Bruce; Bell, William; Lawrence, Heather; Newman, Stuart; Hocking, James; Smith, Andrew

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-83-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-83-2019

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-83-2019

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Research article

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07 Jan 2019

Research article |

| 07 Jan 2019

Using reference radiosondes to characterise NWP model uncertainty for improved satellite calibration and validation

Fabien Carminati, Stefano Migliorini, Bruce Ingleby, William Bell, Heather Lawrence, Stuart Newman, James Hocking, and Andrew Smith

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RC1: 'First review', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Sep 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Fabien Carminati, 05 Oct 2018
RC2: 'Comment on “Using reference radiosondes to characterise NWP model uncertainty for improved satellite calibration and validation” by Fabien Carminati et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Sep 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Fabien Carminati, 05 Oct 2018

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

AR by Fabien Carminati on behalf of the Authors (05 Oct 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Oct 2018) by Ad Stoffelen

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (25 Oct 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (29 Nov 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (07 Dec 2018) by Ad Stoffelen

AR by Fabien Carminati on behalf of the Authors (13 Dec 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (13 Dec 2018) by Ad Stoffelen

AR by Fabien Carminati on behalf of the Authors (14 Dec 2018)

Short summary

The GRUAN processor is a software developed to collocate radiosonde profiles and numerical weather prediction model fields, simulate top-of-atmosphere brightness temperature at frequencies used by space-borne instruments, and propagate the radiosonde uncertainties in that simulation. This work responds to an identified lack of metrologically traceable characterisation of uncertainties in model fields that are increasingly used for the validation and calibration of space-borne instruments.