A new measurement approach for validating satellite-based above-cloud aerosol optical depth

Gatebe, Charles K.; Jethva, Hiren; Gautam, Ritesh; Poudyal, Rajesh; Várnai, Tamás

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1405-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1405-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1405-2021

© 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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24 Feb 2021

Research article |

| 24 Feb 2021

A new measurement approach for validating satellite-based above-cloud aerosol optical depth

Charles K. Gatebe, Hiren Jethva, Ritesh Gautam, Rajesh Poudyal, and Tamás Várnai

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Final revised paper (published on 24 Feb 2021)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Reviewer comments for Gatebe et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Authors Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Charles Gatebe, 15 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Review of “A new measurement approach for validating satellite-based above cloud aerosol optical depth” by Gatebe et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Sep 2020
- AC2: 'Authors Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Charles Gatebe, 15 Oct 2020

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

AR by Charles Gatebe on behalf of the Authors (20 Oct 2020) Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (24 Nov 2020) by Sebastian Schmidt

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (06 Dec 2020)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (22 Dec 2020) by Sebastian Schmidt

AR by Charles Gatebe on behalf of the Authors (29 Dec 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

The retrieval of aerosol parameters from passive satellite instruments in cloudy scenes is very challenging, partly because clouds and cloud-related processes significantly modify the aerosol properties and the 3D radiative effects. This study shows simultaneous retrieval of above-cloud aerosol optical depth and aerosol-corrected cloud optical depth from airborne measurements, thereby demonstrating a novel approach for assessing satellite retrievals of aerosols above clouds.