Shallow cumuli cover and its uncertainties from ground-based lidar–radar data and sky images

Riley, Erin A.; Kleiss, Jessica M.; Riihimaki, Laura D.; Long, Charles N.; Berg, Larry K.; Kassianov, Evgueni

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2099-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2099-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2099-2020

© 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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23 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 23 Apr 2020

Shallow cumuli cover and its uncertainties from ground-based lidar–radar data and sky images

Erin A. Riley, Jessica M. Kleiss, Laura D. Riihimaki, Charles N. Long, Larry K. Berg, and Evgueni Kassianov

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Reviewer_1', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Erin Riley, 23 Oct 2019
- AC3: 'Revised manuscript without tracked changes', Erin Riley, 23 Oct 2019
- AC4: 'Marked version of the manuscript', Erin Riley, 23 Oct 2019
RC2: 'Review of the article', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Erin Riley, 23 Oct 2019
- AC5: 'Manuscript revisions in response to reviewer 1', Erin Riley, 23 Oct 2019

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

AR by Erin Riley on behalf of the Authors (05 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Nov 2019) by Piet Stammes

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (24 Jan 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (05 Feb 2020) by Piet Stammes

AR by Erin Riley on behalf of the Authors (28 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (03 Mar 2020) by Piet Stammes

AR by Erin Riley on behalf of the Authors (13 Mar 2020)

Short summary

Discrepancies in hourly shallow cumuli cover estimates can be substantial. Instrument detection differences contribute to long-term bias in shallow cumuli cover estimates, whereas narrow field-of-view configurations impact measurement uncertainty as averaging time decreases. A new tool is introduced to visually assess both impacts on sub-hourly cloud cover estimates. Accurate shallow cumuli cover estimation is needed for model–observation comparisons and studying cloud-surface interactions.