Optimised degradation correction for SCIAMACHY satellite solar measurements from 330 to 1600&thinsp;nm  by using the  internal  white light source

Hilbig, Tina; Bramstedt, Klaus; Weber, Mark; Burrows, John P.; Krijger, Matthijs

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3893-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 3893–3907, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3893-2020

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

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 3893–3907, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3893-2020

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

Research article 20 Jul 2020

Research article | 20 Jul 2020

Optimised degradation correction for SCIAMACHY satellite solar measurements from 330 to 1600 nm by using the internal white light source

Tina Hilbig et al.

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RC1: 'Review of Paper amt-2019-433 by T. Hilbig et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Jan 2020
- AC1: 'Answer to comments of Referee #1', Tina Hilbig, 24 Apr 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Jan 2020
- AC3: 'Answer to comments of Referee #2', Tina Hilbig, 24 Apr 2020
RC3: 'Good paper overall, just a few minor suggestions', Martin Snow, 03 Feb 2020
- AC2: 'Answer to comments of Referee #3', Tina Hilbig, 24 Apr 2020

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AR by Tina Hilbig on behalf of the Authors (24 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (29 Apr 2020) by Saulius Nevas

Short summary

One of the main limitations for long-term space-based measurements is instrument degradation. We present an optimisation of the degradation correction approach (Krijger et al. 2014) for SCIAMACHY on-board Envisat, focusing on the improvement of the solar spectral irradiance data. The main achievement of this study is the successful integration of SCIAMACHY’s internal white light source (WLS) into the existing degradation model and the characterisation of WLS ageing in space.