I am recommending publication of this paper subject to the following minor revisions: (Note these recommended revisions are based on the submitted revised manuscript with the filename ‘amt-2019-103-manuscript-version3’:

Pg. 2, line 23: The year on the Walther et al. reference is given as 2013 in the text, but is listed as 2018 in the reference list. Please make consistent to the proper year.

Pg. 3, lines 6-12 and lines 14-21: These two paragraphs seem to be close repeats of each other. Please consolidate into one paragraph.

Pg 4, line 30: “Geolocation data were gathered” did this study use terrain-corrected geolocation data or not? Please clarify.

Pg. 7, lines 13-14: The sentence “The variance in visible radiance…” is a close repeat of the sentence in lines 7-8. Please only put in one place.

Pg. 7, line 19: Suggest changing the sentence to read: ‘Note that, while this method substantially helps screen cloudy scenes,…”

Pg. 8 line 27: “While simplistic in construct, these statistics” change to “These simple statistics” or even “These statistics”

Pg. 13, line 30: Use the American ‘artifact’

Pg. 19, line 4: The year on the Roman et reference is given as 2015 in the text, but is listed as 2016 in the reference list. Please make consistent to the proper year.

Pg. 19, line 8: The year on the Arguez et al reference is given as 2010 in the text, but is listed as 2012 in the reference list. Please make consistent to the proper year.

Please let me know if you have any questions.