Improvement in cloud retrievals from VIIRS through the use of infrared absorption channels constructed from VIIRS+CrIS data fusion

Li, Yue; Baum, Bryan A.; Heidinger, Andrew K.; Menzel, W. Paul; Weisz, Elisabeth

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4035-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4035-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4035-2020

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

Research article

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27 Jul 2020

Research article |

| 27 Jul 2020

Improvement in cloud retrievals from VIIRS through the use of infrared absorption channels constructed from VIIRS+CrIS data fusion

Yue Li, Bryan A. Baum, Andrew K. Heidinger, W. Paul Menzel, and Elisabeth Weisz

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Final revised paper (published on 27 Jul 2020)
Preprint (discussion started on 30 Jan 2020)

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

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RC1: 'Review of amt-2019-497 paper', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Mar 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer Comment 1', Yue Li, 14 May 2020
RC2: 'AMT-2019-497 review', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer Comment 1', Yue Li, 14 May 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer Comment 2', Yue Li, 14 May 2020

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

AR by Yue Li on behalf of the Authors (15 May 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 May 2020) by Domenico Cimini

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (28 May 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (30 May 2020)

ED: Publish as is (01 Jun 2020) by Domenico Cimini

Short summary

Use of VIIRS+CrIS fusion products, which provide VIIRS with MODIS-like IR sounding channels, improves cloud mask, cloud phase, and cloud top height retrievals when compared to those using VIIRS data only. NOAA CLAVR-x cloud retrievals for both S-NPP and NOAA-20 data are evaluated through comparisons to the CALIPSO v4 and MODIS Collection 6.1 cloud products. Cloud height retrievals show significant improvement for semitransparent ice clouds, with a reduction in retrieval uncertainties.