Characterization of aerosol size properties from measurements of spectral optical depth: a global validation of the GRASP-AOD code using long-term AERONET data

Torres, Benjamin; Fuertes, David

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4471-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4471-2021

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4471-2021

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

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

Research article

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17 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 17 Jun 2021

Characterization of aerosol size properties from measurements of spectral optical depth: a global validation of the GRASP-AOD code using long-term AERONET data

Benjamin Torres and David Fuertes

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Preprint (discussion started on 26 Oct 2020)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

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

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RC1: 'Interactive comment on “Characterisation of aerosol size properties from measurements of spectral optical depth: a global validation of the GRASP-AOD code using long-term AERONET data”', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Benjamin Torres, 26 Feb 2021
RC2: 'GRASP-AOD retrievals and comparisons', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Benjamin Torres, 26 Feb 2021
RC3: 'Interactive comment on “Characterisation of aerosol size properties from measurements of spectral optical depth: a global validation of the GRASP-AOD code using long-term AERONET data” by Benjamin Torres and David Fuertes', Anonymous Referee #3, 16 Dec 2020
- AC3: 'Reply on RC3', Benjamin Torres, 26 Feb 2021

Peer-review completion

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

AR by Benjamin Torres on behalf of the Authors (22 Mar 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Mar 2021) by Daniel Perez-Ramirez

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (07 Apr 2021)

RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (09 Apr 2021)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (09 Apr 2021) by Daniel Perez-Ramirez

AR by Benjamin Torres on behalf of the Authors (16 Apr 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Apr 2021) by Daniel Perez-Ramirez

AR by Benjamin Torres on behalf of the Authors (22 Apr 2021)

Short summary

The article shows the capacity of the new GRASP-AOD approach to be used for large datasets of aerosol optical depth from ground-based observations, through a comparison with standard AERONET codes. This new approach reduces the requirements in terms of measurements (no need of scattering information) to derive some basic aerosol size and optical properties. A broad use of this algorithm would increase the datasets of aerosol properties from ground-based observations.