Effective resolution concepts for lidar observations

Iarlori, M.; Madonna, F.; Rizi, V.; Trickl, T.; Amodeo, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-5157-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-5157-2015

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EARLINET, the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-5157-2015

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Research article

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10 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 10 Dec 2015

Effective resolution concepts for lidar observations

M. Iarlori, F. Madonna, V. Rizi, T. Trickl, and A. Amodeo

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Final revised paper (published on 10 Dec 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 28 May 2015)

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

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RC C1558: 'Reviewer-1 comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Jun 2015
- RC C2218: 'Effective resolution of lidar rettrievals', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Jul 2015
  - AC C2747: 'Authors' Response to the Anonymous Referee #1 comments.', Marco Iarlori, 28 Aug 2015
- AC C2748: 'Authors' Response to the Anonymous Referee #2 comments.', Marco Iarlori, 28 Aug 2015

Short summary

Smoothing filters applied on lidar profiles reduce the resolution to a value indicated as the effective resolution (ERes). Several approaches to ERes estimation are investigated. The key result is an operative ERes calculation by ready-to-use equations. The presented procedures to assess the ERes are of general validity. The ERes equations are deemed to be used in automatic tools like the Single Calculus Chain. Several filters already employed in the lidar community are also critically analyzed.