Lidar multiple scattering factors inferred from CALIPSO lidar and IIR retrievals of semi-transparent cirrus cloud optical depths over oceans

Garnier, A.; Pelon, J.; Vaughan, M. A.; Winker, D. M.; Trepte, C. R.; Dubuisson, P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2759-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2759-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2759-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 7

Research article

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15 Jul 2015

Research article |

| 15 Jul 2015

Lidar multiple scattering factors inferred from CALIPSO lidar and IIR retrievals of semi-transparent cirrus cloud optical depths over oceans

A. Garnier, J. Pelon, M. A. Vaughan, D. M. Winker, C. R. Trepte, and P. Dubuisson

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RC C302: 'Review of Garnier et al. 2015', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Mar 2015
- AC C1152: 'Response to anonymous Referee #1', A. Garnier, 16 May 2015
RC C345: 'Interactive Review for “Optical depths of semi-transparent cirrus clouds over oceans from CALIPSO infrared radiometer and lidar measurements, and an evaluation of the lidar multiple scattering factor” by A. Garnier et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 22 Mar 2015
- AC C1153: 'Response to anonymous Referee #3', A. Garnier, 16 May 2015

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Cloud absorption optical depths retrieved at 12.05 microns are compared to extinction optical depths retrieved at 0.532 microns from perfectly co-located observations of single-layered semi-transparent cirrus over oceans made by the space-borne CALIPSO IIR infrared radiometer and CALIOP lidar. A new relationship describing the temperature-dependent effect of multiple scattering in the CALIOP retrievals is derived and discussed.