Stratospheric aerosol extinction profiles  from SCIAMACHY solar occultation

Noël, Stefan; Bramstedt, Klaus; Rozanov, Alexei; Malinina, Elizaveta; Bovensmann, Heinrich; Burrows, John P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5643-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5643-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5643-2020

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

Research article

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22 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 22 Oct 2020

Stratospheric aerosol extinction profiles from SCIAMACHY solar occultation

Stefan Noël, Klaus Bramstedt, Alexei Rozanov, Elizaveta Malinina, Heinrich Bovensmann, and John P. Burrows

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RC1: 'Review of “Stratospheric extinction profiles from SCIAMACHY solar occultation” by Noël et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Jun 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #1', Stefan Noël, 31 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Review of Noël et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee #2', Stefan Noël, 31 Jul 2020

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AR by Stefan Noël on behalf of the Authors (31 Jul 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (11 Aug 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (19 Aug 2020) by Omar Torres

AR by Stefan Noël on behalf of the Authors (25 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (28 Aug 2020) by Omar Torres

AR by Stefan Noël on behalf of the Authors (31 Aug 2020)

Short summary

A new approach to derive stratospheric aerosol extinction profiles from SCIAMACHY solar occultation measurements based on an onion-peeling method is presented. The resulting extinctions at 452, 525 and 750 nm compare well with other limb and occultation data from, e.g. SAGE and SCIAMACHY, but show small oscillating features which vanish in monthly anomalies. Major volcanic eruptions, polar stratospheric clouds and influences of the quasi-biennial oscillation can be identified in the time series.