Articles | Volume 18, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-2957-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-2957-2025
Research article
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08 Jul 2025
Research article |  | 08 Jul 2025

Producing aerosol size distributions consistent with optical particle counter measurements using space-based measurements of aerosol extinction coefficient

Nicholas Ernest, Larry W. Thomason, and Terry Deshler

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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-2024-62', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 May 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Nicholas Ernest, 13 Feb 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on amt-2024-62, additional figure to support conclusions?', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Jun 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Nicholas Ernest, 13 Feb 2025
  • RC3: 'Comment on amt-2024-62', Anonymous Referee #3, 13 Jun 2024
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC3', Nicholas Ernest, 13 Feb 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Nicholas Ernest on behalf of the Authors (27 Feb 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Mar 2025) by Sandip Dhomse
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (17 Mar 2025)
ED: Publish as is (17 Mar 2025) by Sandip Dhomse
AR by Nicholas Ernest on behalf of the Authors (27 Mar 2025)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
We use balloon-borne measurements of aerosol size distribution (ASD) made by the University of Wyoming (UW) to derive distributions which are representative of the ASDs that underlie measurements made by the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II). A simple single-mode log-normal distribution has in the past been used to derive ASD from SAGE II data; here we derive bimodal log-normal distributions, reproducing median aerosol properties measured by UW.
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