Issues related to the retrieval of stratospheric-aerosol particle size information based on optical measurements

von Savigny, Christian; Hoffmann, Christoph G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1909-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1909-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1909-2020

© 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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16 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 16 Apr 2020

Issues related to the retrieval of stratospheric-aerosol particle size information based on optical measurements

Christian von Savigny and Christoph G. Hoffmann

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SC1: 'Please revise some sttements', Alexei Rozanov, 26 Sep 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to comment by Alexei Rozanov', Christian von Savigny, 03 Feb 2020
RC1: 'Review of the paper by von Savigny et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Oct 2019
- AC3: 'Reply to comments by reviewer #1', Christian von Savigny, 03 Feb 2020
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Issues related to the retrieval of stratospheric aerosol particle size information based on optical measurements"', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Oct 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to comments by reviewer #2', Christian von Savigny, 03 Feb 2020

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

AR by Christian von Savigny on behalf of the Authors (09 Mar 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Mar 2020) by Omar Torres

AR by Christian von Savigny on behalf of the Authors (21 Mar 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

Stratospheric sulfate aerosols increase the Earth's planetary albedo and can lead to significant surface cooling, for example in the aftermath of volcanic eruptions. Their particle size distribution, important for physical and chemical effects of these aerosols, is still not fully understood. The present paper proposes an explanation for systematic differences in aerosol particle size retrieved from measurements made in different measurement geometries and reported in earlier studies.