Articles | Volume 15, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3497-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-3497-2022
Research article
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10 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 10 Jun 2022

Satellite measurements of peroxyacetyl nitrate from the Cross-Track Infrared Sounder: comparison with ATom aircraft measurements

Vivienne H. Payne, Susan S. Kulawik, Emily V. Fischer, Jared F. Brewer, L. Gregory Huey, Kazuyuki Miyazaki, John R. Worden, Kevin W. Bowman, Eric J. Hintsa, Fred Moore, James W. Elkins, and Julieta Juncosa Calahorrano

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on amt-2021-353', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Dec 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on amt-2021-353', Joern Ungermann, 15 Dec 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Vivienne Payne on behalf of the Authors (07 Mar 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (05 Apr 2022) by Gabriele Stiller
AR by Vivienne Payne on behalf of the Authors (12 Apr 2022)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
We compare new satellite measurements of peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) with reference aircraft measurements from two different instruments flown on the same platform. While there is a systematic difference between the two aircraft datasets, both show the same large-scale distribution of PAN and the discrepancy between aircraft datasets is small compared to the satellite uncertainties. The satellite measurements show skill in capturing large-scale variations in PAN.