Articles | Volume 13, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-405-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-405-2020
Research article
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04 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 04 Feb 2020

Temperature and water vapour measurements in the framework of the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC)

Benedetto De Rosa, Paolo Di Girolamo, and Donato Summa

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AR by Paolo Di Girolamo on behalf of the Authors (16 Oct 2019)  Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Oct 2019) by Ulla Wandinger
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (31 Oct 2019)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (05 Nov 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (08 Nov 2019) by Ulla Wandinger
AR by Paolo Di Girolamo on behalf of the Authors (12 Nov 2019)
ED: Publish as is (01 Dec 2019) by Ulla Wandinger
AR by Paolo Di Girolamo on behalf of the Authors (08 Dec 2019)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Temperature and water vapour profiles measured by the BASIL lidar are compared with profiles from several sensors/models, namely radiosondes, the IASI and AIRS satellite sensors and model reanalyses data (ECMWF & ECMWF-ERA). The comparison effort allows for the performance of all of the sensors and models to be assessed in terms of bias and RMS deviation. BASIL measurement quality is confirmed to be high enough for long-term monitoring of atmospheric composition and thermal structure changes.