Improved stratospheric aerosol extinction profiles from SCIAMACHY: validation and sample results

von Savigny, C.; Ernst, F.; Rozanov, A.; Hommel, R.; Eichmann, K.-U.; Rozanov, V.; Burrows, J. P.; Thomason, L. W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-5223-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-5223-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-5223-2015

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15 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 15 Dec 2015

Improved stratospheric aerosol extinction profiles from SCIAMACHY: validation and sample results

C. von Savigny, F. Ernst, A. Rozanov, R. Hommel, K.-U. Eichmann, V. Rozanov, J. P. Burrows, and L. W. Thomason

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SC C2521: 'Aerosol optical depth and relation to total particle concentrations', Noelle Bryan, 10 Aug 2015
- AC C4027: 'Reply to Interactive comment by N. Bryant', Christian von Savigny, 23 Nov 2015
RC C3128: 'Review: Improved stratospheric aerosol extinction profiles from SCIAMACHY: Validation and sample results, by C. von Savigny et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Sep 2015
- AC C4034: 'Reply to comments by reviewer #1', Christian von Savigny, 23 Nov 2015
RC C3152: 'Review of von Savigny et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Sep 2015
- AC C4029: 'Reply to comments by reviewer #2', Christian von Savigny, 23 Nov 2015

Short summary

This article presents validation results for stratospheric aerosol extinction profiles retrieved from limb-scatter measurements with the SCIAMACHY instrument on the Envisat satellite. The SCIAMACHY retrievals are compared to co-located measurements with the SAGE II instrument. Very good agreement to within about 15% is found in a global average sense at altitudes above 15 km. The article also presents sample results on the global morphology of the stratospheric aerosol layer from 2003 to 2011.