OCRA radiometric cloud fractions for GOME-2 on MetOp-A/B

Lutz, Ronny; Loyola, Diego; Gimeno García, Sebastián; Romahn, Fabian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2357-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 5

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 2357–2379, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2357-2016

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

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 2357–2379, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2357-2016

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

Articles | Volume 9, issue 5

Research article 30 May 2016

Research article | 30 May 2016

OCRA radiometric cloud fractions for GOME-2 on MetOp-A/B

Ronny Lutz et al.

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RC C4664: 'referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jan 2016
- AC C5810: 'Author's responses to comments from anonymous referee #1', Ronny Lutz, 29 Apr 2016
RC C5185: 'Review of amt-2015-363', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Jan 2016
- AC C5811: 'Author's responses to comments from anonymous referee #2', Ronny Lutz, 29 Apr 2016

Short summary

This paper presents a method for determining global cloud cover by analyzing satellite data. Knowledge of cloud coverage is not only important for climate studies but also provides valuable information in the monitoring of atmospheric trace gases. The research presented here is embedded in an operational chain, which allows us to derive the cloud-cover information in near real time, i.e., only hours after sensing by the satellite.