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