Inter-calibration of nine UV sensing instruments over Antarctica and Greenland since 1980

Weaver, Clark J.; Bhartia, Pawan K.; Wu, Dong L.; Labow, Gordon J.; Haffner, David E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5715-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5715-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5715-2020

© 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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27 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 27 Oct 2020

Inter-calibration of nine UV sensing instruments over Antarctica and Greenland since 1980

Clark J. Weaver, Pawan K. Bhartia, Dong L. Wu, Gordon J. Labow, and David E. Haffner

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Final revised paper (published on 27 Oct 2020)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee review of "Inter-Calibration of nine UV sensing instruments over Antarctica and Greenland since 1980''', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #1', clark weaver, 17 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Review of "Inter-Calibration of nine UV sensing instruments over Antarctica and Greenland since 1980", Weaver et al. (amt-2020-7)', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Jul 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee #2', clark weaver, 17 Aug 2020

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AR by clark weaver on behalf of the Authors (17 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Sep 2020) by Marcos Portabella

AR by clark weaver on behalf of the Authors (11 Sep 2020)

Short summary

Currently, we do not know whether clouds will accelerate or moderate climate. We look to the past and ask whether cloudiness has changed over the last 4 decades. Using a suite of nine satellite instruments, we need to ensure that the first satellite, which was launched in 1980 and died in 1991, observed the same measurement as the eight other satellite instruments used in the record. If the instruments were measuring length and observing a 1.00 m long stick, they would all see 0.99 to 1.01 m.