Uncertainties in cloud phase and optical thickness retrievals from the Earth  Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC)

Meyer, Kerry; Yang, Yuekui; Platnick, Steven

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1785-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1785-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1785-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

Research article

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26 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 26 Apr 2016

Uncertainties in cloud phase and optical thickness retrievals from the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC)

Kerry Meyer, Yuekui Yang, and Steven Platnick

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Final revised paper (published on 26 Apr 2016)
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RC1: 'Uncertainties in Cloud Phase and Optical thickness Retrievals from EPIC.', Roger Clay, 02 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #1', Kerry Meyer, 12 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Kerry Meyer, 12 Apr 2016

Short summary

This paper presents the expected uncertainties of a single-channel cloud opacity retrieval technique and a temperature-based cloud phase approach in support of the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission; DSCOVR cloud products will be derived from Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) observations. Results show that, for ice clouds, retrieval errors are minimal (< 2 %), while for liquid clouds the error is limited to within 10 %, although for thin clouds the error can be higher.