A microwave satellite water vapour column retrieval for polar winter conditions

Perro, Christopher; Lesins, Glen; Duck, Thomas J.; Cadeddu, Maria

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2241-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2241-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2241-2016

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

Articles | Volume 9, issue 5

Research article

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20 May 2016

Research article |

| 20 May 2016

A microwave satellite water vapour column retrieval for polar winter conditions

Christopher Perro, Glen Lesins, Thomas J. Duck, and Maria Cadeddu

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Final revised paper (published on 20 May 2016)
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RC C3505: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Oct 2015
- AC C5202: 'Response to Referee #2', Christopher Perro, 27 Jan 2016
RC C4228: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Dec 2015
- AC C5198: 'Response to Referee #1', Christopher Perro, 27 Jan 2016

Short summary

A new microwave satellite water vapour retrieval method for use in the Arctic winter has been developed that uses auxiliary information for atmospheric conditions. When compared to ground-based measurements, the new retrieval has a smaller root mean square deviation than other satellite measurement techniques and can produce high-resolution pan-Arctic water vapour column maps.