Development and validation of satellite-based estimates of surface  visibility

Brunner, J.; Pierce, R. B.; Lenzen, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-409-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-409-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-409-2016

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

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Research article

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11 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 11 Feb 2016

Development and validation of satellite-based estimates of surface visibility

J. Brunner, R. B. Pierce, and A. Lenzen

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RC C4085: 'Interactive referee comment on “Development and validation of satellite based estimates of surface visibility” by J. Brunner, R. B. Pierce, and A. Lenzen', I. Katsev, 26 Nov 2015
RC C4098: 'Review for manuscript "J. Burnner et al. (2015), Development and Validation of Satellite Based Estimates of Surface Visibility, amtd-8-11255-2015"', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Nov 2015
AC C5009: 'Author Response to amtd-8-C4085-2015 Comment for amt-2015-253', Jason C. Brunner, 20 Jan 2016
AC C5010: 'Author Response to amtd-8-C4098-2015 Comment for amt-2015-253', Jason C. Brunner, 20 Jan 2016

Short summary

A satellite based surface visibility retrieval has been developed for the GOES-R ABI instrument using MODIS proxy data and validated using independent ASOS surface visibility measurements. Variability in the frequency of clear sky (aerosol) surface visibility retrievals larger than 20 dV is shown to be correlated with seasonal and interannual variability in fire detections, illustrating the importance of smoke from wildfires in regional haze events.