Spatial distribution of cloud droplet size properties from Airborne Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP) measurements

McBride, Brent A.; Martins, J. Vanderlei; Barbosa, Henrique M. J.; Birmingham, William; Remer, Lorraine A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1777-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1777-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1777-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

Research article

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08 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 08 Apr 2020

Spatial distribution of cloud droplet size properties from Airborne Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP) measurements

Brent A. McBride, J. Vanderlei Martins, Henrique M. J. Barbosa, William Birmingham, and Lorraine A. Remer

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Final revised paper (published on 08 Apr 2020)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Excellent paper, with original analysis and results', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Reviewer #1', Brent McBride, 14 Jan 2020
- AC2: 'Supplement to Author Response to Anonymous Reviewer #1', Brent McBride, 14 Jan 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Nov 2019
- AC3: 'Response to Anonymous Reviewer #2', Brent McBride, 14 Jan 2020
RC3: 'Review', Gerard van Harten, 27 Nov 2019
- AC4: 'Response to Gerard van Harten (Reviewer #3)', Brent McBride, 15 Jan 2020

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

AR by Brent McBride on behalf of the Authors (11 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (17 Feb 2020) by Alexander Kokhanovsky

AR by Brent McBride on behalf of the Authors (27 Feb 2020)

Short summary

Clouds play a large role in the way our Earth system distributes energy. The measurement of cloud droplet size distribution (DSD) is one way to connect small-scale cloud processes to scattered radiation. Our small satellite instrument, the Airborne Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter, is the first to infer DSDs over a wide spatial cloud field using polarized light. This study improves the way we interpret cloud properties and shows that high-quality science does not require a large taxpayer cost.