Improvement in tropospheric moisture retrievals from VIIRS through the use of infrared absorption bands constructed from VIIRS and CrIS data fusion

Borbas, E. Eva; Weisz, Elisabeth; Moeller, Chris; Menzel, W. Paul; Baum, Bryan A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1191-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1191-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1191-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Research article

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15 Feb 2021

Research article |

| 15 Feb 2021

Improvement in tropospheric moisture retrievals from VIIRS through the use of infrared absorption bands constructed from VIIRS and CrIS data fusion

E. Eva Borbas, Elisabeth Weisz, Chris Moeller, W. Paul Menzel, and Bryan A. Baum

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Final revised paper (published on 15 Feb 2021)
Preprint (discussion started on 08 Jul 2020)

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

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RC1: 'Review of "Improvement in tropospheric moisture retrievals from VIIRS through the use of infrared absorption bands constructed from VIIRS and CrIS data fusion" manuscript, by E. Borbas et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Responses to Anonymous Referee #1', Eva Borbas, 23 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Minor revisions', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Sep 2020
- AC2: 'Responses to Anonymous Referee #2', Eva Borbas, 23 Oct 2020

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

AR by Eva Borbas on behalf of the Authors (23 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Oct 2020) by Domenico Cimini

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (08 Nov 2020)

ED: Publish as is (07 Dec 2020) by Domenico Cimini

AR by Eva Borbas on behalf of the Authors (11 Dec 2020)

Short summary

As the VIIRS satellite sensor has no infrared (IR) H₂O absorption bands, we construct the missing bands through the fusion of imager (VIIRS) and sounder (CrIS) data in an attempt to improve derivation of moisture products. This study clearly demonstrates the positive impact by adding fusion IR absorption spectral bands and the potential for continuing the moisture record from MODIS and the previous generations of polar-orbiting satellite sensors.