Retrieval of aerosol optical depth in the visible range with a Brewer spectrophotometer in Athens

Diémoz, Henri; Eleftheratos, Kostas; Kazadzis, Stelios; Amiridis, Vassilis; Zerefos, Christos S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1871-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1871-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1871-2016

© 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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28 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 28 Apr 2016

Retrieval of aerosol optical depth in the visible range with a Brewer spectrophotometer in Athens

Henri Diémoz, Kostas Eleftheratos, Stelios Kazadzis, Vassilis Amiridis, and Christos S. Zerefos

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

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RC1: 'Overall comment', John Rimmer, 02 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to referee John Rimmer', Henri Diémoz, 11 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Review of 'Diémoz et al., Retrieval of aerosol optical depth in the visible range with a Brewer spectrophotometer in Athens'', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Feb 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to anonymous referee #1', Henri Diémoz, 11 Apr 2016

Short summary

A new algorithm allowed to retrieve aerosol optical depths from a Brewer spectrophotometer in Athens with excellent agreement with AERONET. The instrument radiometric stability and the performances of in situ Langley extrapolations as a way to track it are investigated. Potential sources of error and recommendations to operators are reported. MkIV Brewers represent a great source of information about aerosols in the past decades and a promising worldwide network for coordinated AOD measurements.