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Volume 9, issue 8

Volumes and issues

Volume 9, issue 8

Volumes and issues

01 Aug 2016

The Moon as a photometric calibration standard for microwave sensors

Martin Burgdorf, Stefan A. Buehler, Theresa Lang, Simon Michel, and Imke Hans

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3467–3475, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3467-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3467-2016, 2016

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01 Aug 2016

A new approach for retrieving the UV–vis optical properties of ambient aerosols

Nir Bluvshtein, J. Michel Flores, Lior Segev, and Yinon Rudich

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3477–3490, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3477-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3477-2016, 2016

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01 Aug 2016

Bias corrections of GOSAT SWIR XCO₂ and XCH₄ with TCCON data and their evaluation using aircraft measurement data

Makoto Inoue, Isamu Morino, Osamu Uchino, Takahiro Nakatsuru, Yukio Yoshida, Tatsuya Yokota, Debra Wunch, Paul O. Wennberg, Coleen M. Roehl, David W. T. Griffith, Voltaire A. Velazco, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Thorsten Warneke, Justus Notholt, John Robinson, Vanessa Sherlock, Frank Hase, Thomas Blumenstock, Markus Rettinger, Ralf Sussmann, Esko Kyrö, Rigel Kivi, Kei Shiomi, Shuji Kawakami, Martine De Mazière, Sabrina G. Arnold, Dietrich G. Feist, Erica A. Barrow, James Barney, Manvendra Dubey, Matthias Schneider, Laura T. Iraci, James R. Podolske, Patrick W. Hillyard, Toshinobu Machida, Yousuke Sawa, Kazuhiro Tsuboi, Hidekazu Matsueda, Colm Sweeney, Pieter P. Tans, Arlyn E. Andrews, Sebastien C. Biraud, Yukio Fukuyama, Jasna V. Pittman, Eric A. Kort, and Tomoaki Tanaka

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3491–3512, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3491-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3491-2016, 2016

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02 Aug 2016

GFIT2: an experimental algorithm for vertical profile retrieval from near-IR spectra

Brian J. Connor, Vanessa Sherlock, Geoff Toon, Debra Wunch, and Paul O. Wennberg

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3513–3525, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3513-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3513-2016, 2016

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03 Aug 2016

Assessment of errors and biases in retrievals of X_CO₂, X_CH₄, X_CO, and X_N₂O from a 0.5 cm^–1 resolution solar-viewing spectrometer

Jacob K. Hedelius, Camille Viatte, Debra Wunch, Coleen M. Roehl, Geoffrey C. Toon, Jia Chen, Taylor Jones, Steven C. Wofsy, Jonathan E. Franklin, Harrison Parker, Manvendra K. Dubey, and Paul O. Wennberg

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3527–3546, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3527-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3527-2016, 2016

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03 Aug 2016

Validation of Aura MLS retrievals of temperature, water vapour and ozone in the upper troposphere and lower–middle stratosphere over the Tibetan Plateau during boreal summer

Xiaolu Yan, Jonathon S. Wright, Xiangdong Zheng, Nathaniel J. Livesey, Holger Vömel, and Xiuji Zhou

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3547–3566, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3547-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3547-2016, 2016

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03 Aug 2016

Satellite observation of atmospheric methane: intercomparison between AIRS and GOSAT TANSO-FTS retrievals

Mingmin Zou, Xiaozhen Xiong, Naoko Saitoh, Juying Warner, Ying Zhang, Liangfu Chen, Fuzhong Weng, and Meng Fan

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3567–3576, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3567-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3567-2016, 2016

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03 Aug 2016

How to reliably detect molecular clusters and nucleation mode particles with Neutral cluster and Air Ion Spectrometer (NAIS)

Hanna E. Manninen, Sander Mirme, Aadu Mirme, Tuukka Petäjä, and Markku Kulmala

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3577–3605, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3577-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3577-2016, 2016

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04 Aug 2016

How big is an OMI pixel?

Martin de Graaf, Holger Sihler, Lieuwe G. Tilstra, and Piet Stammes

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3607–3618, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3607-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3607-2016, 2016

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09 Aug 2016

A multi-wavelength classification method for polar stratospheric cloud types using infrared limb spectra

Reinhold Spang, Lars Hoffmann, Michael Höpfner, Sabine Griessbach, Rolf Müller, Michael C. Pitts, Andrew M. W. Orr, and Martin Riese

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3619–3639, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3619-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3619-2016, 2016

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09 Aug 2016

Toward autonomous surface-based infrared remote sensing of polar clouds: cloud-height retrievals

Penny M. Rowe, Christopher J. Cox, and Von P. Walden

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3641–3659, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3641-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3641-2016, 2016

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09 Aug 2016

Potential of needle trap microextraction–portable gas chromatography–mass spectrometry for measurement of atmospheric volatile compounds

Luís Miguel Feijó Barreira, Yu Xue, Geoffroy Duporté, Jevgeni Parshintsev, Kari Hartonen, Matti Jussila, Markku Kulmala, and Marja-Liisa Riekkola

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3661–3671, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3661-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3661-2016, 2016

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09 Aug 2016

LOAC: a small aerosol optical counter/sizer for ground-based and balloon measurements of the size distribution and nature of atmospheric particles – Part 2: First results from balloon and unmanned aerial vehicle flights

Jean-Baptiste Renard, François Dulac, Gwenaël Berthet, Thibaut Lurton, Damien Vignelles, Fabrice Jégou, Thierry Tonnelier, Matthieu Jeannot, Benoit Couté, Rony Akiki, Nicolas Verdier, Marc Mallet, François Gensdarmes, Patrick Charpentier, Samuel Mesmin, Vincent Duverger, Jean-Charles Dupont, Thierry Elias, Vincent Crenn, Jean Sciare, Paul Zieger, Matthew Salter, Tjarda Roberts, Jérôme Giacomoni, Matthieu Gobbi, Eric Hamonou, Haraldur Olafsson, Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Claude Camy-Peyret, Christophe Mazel, Thierry Décamps, Martin Piringer, Jérémy Surcin, and Daniel Daugeron

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3673–3686, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3673-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3673-2016, 2016

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10 Aug 2016

A new set-up for simultaneous high-precision measurements of CO₂, δ¹³C-CO₂ and δ¹⁸O-CO₂ on small ice core samples

Theo Manuel Jenk, Mauro Rubino, David Etheridge, Viorela Gabriela Ciobanu, and Thomas Blunier

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3687–3706, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3687-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3687-2016, 2016

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11 Aug 2016

Mesospheric temperature soundings with the new, daylight-capable IAP RMR lidar

Michael Gerding, Maren Kopp, Josef Höffner, Kathrin Baumgarten, and Franz-Josef Lübken

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3707–3715, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3707-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3707-2016, 2016

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12 Aug 2016

Development and evaluation of a suite of isotope reference gases for methane in air

Peter Sperlich, Nelly A. M. Uitslag, Jürgen M. Richter, Michael Rothe, Heike Geilmann, Carina van der Veen, Thomas Röckmann, Thomas Blunier, and Willi A. Brand

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3717–3737, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3717-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3717-2016, 2016

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12 Aug 2016

Relationship between temperature and apparent shape of pristine ice crystals derived from polarimetric cloud radar observations during the ACCEPT campaign

Alexander Myagkov, Patric Seifert, Ulla Wandinger, Johannes Bühl, and Ronny Engelmann

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3739–3754, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3739-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3739-2016, 2016

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16 Aug 2016

An update on the uncertainties of water vapor measurements using cryogenic frost point hygrometers

Holger Vömel, Tatjana Naebert, Ruud Dirksen, and Michael Sommer

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3755–3768, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3755-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3755-2016, 2016

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17 Aug 2016

Recommendations for processing atmospheric attenuated backscatter profiles from Vaisala CL31 ceilometers

Simone Kotthaus, Ewan O'Connor, Christoph Münkel, Cristina Charlton-Perez, Martial Haeffelin, Andrew M. Gabey, and C. Sue B. Grimmond

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3769–3791, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3769-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3769-2016, 2016

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18 Aug 2016

On instrumental errors and related correction strategies of ozonesondes: possible effect on calculated ozone trends for the nearby sites Uccle and De Bilt

Roeland Van Malderen, Marc A. F. Allaart, Hugo De Backer, Herman G. J. Smit, and Dirk De Muer

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3793–3816, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3793-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3793-2016, 2016

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18 Aug 2016

Development and characterization of an ice-selecting pumped counterflow virtual impactor (IS-PCVI) to study ice crystal residuals

Naruki Hiranuma, Ottmar Möhler, Gourihar Kulkarni, Martin Schnaiter, Steffen Vogt, Paul Vochezer, Emma Järvinen, Robert Wagner, David M. Bell, Jacqueline Wilson, Alla Zelenyuk, and Daniel J. Cziczo

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3817–3836, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3817-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3817-2016, 2016

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18 Aug 2016

Close-range radar rainfall estimation and error analysis

C. Z. van de Beek, H. Leijnse, P. Hazenberg, and R. Uijlenhoet

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3837–3850, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3837-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3837-2016, 2016

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19 Aug 2016

A new technique for the direct detection of HO₂ radicals using bromide chemical ionization mass spectrometry (Br-CIMS): initial characterization

Javier Sanchez, David J. Tanner, Dexian Chen, L. Gregory Huey, and Nga L. Ng

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3851–3861, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3851-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3851-2016, 2016

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22 Aug 2016

Dual-polarization radar rainfall estimation in Korea according to raindrop shapes obtained by using a 2-D video disdrometer

Hae-Lim Kim, Mi-Kyung Suk, Hye-Sook Park, Gyu-Won Lee, and Jeong-Seok Ko

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3863–3878, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3863-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3863-2016, 2016

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22 Aug 2016

Intercomparison of two cavity ring-down spectroscopy analyzers for atmospheric ¹³CO₂  ∕ ¹²CO₂ measurement

Jiaping Pang, Xuefa Wen, Xiaomin Sun, and Kuan Huang

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3879–3891, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3879-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3879-2016, 2016

23 Aug 2016

The CU 2-D-MAX-DOAS instrument – Part 2: Raman scattering probability measurements and retrieval of aerosol optical properties

Ivan Ortega, Sean Coburn, Larry K. Berg, Kathy Lantz, Joseph Michalsky, Richard A. Ferrare, Johnathan W. Hair, Chris A. Hostetler, and Rainer Volkamer

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3893–3910, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3893-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3893-2016, 2016

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23 Aug 2016

Simultaneous and co-located wind measurements in the middle atmosphere by lidar and rocket-borne techniques

Franz-Josef Lübken, Gerd Baumgarten, Jens Hildebrand, and Francis J. Schmidlin

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3911–3919, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3911-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3911-2016, 2016

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23 Aug 2016

HDO and H₂O total column retrievals from TROPOMI shortwave infrared measurements

Remco A. Scheepmaker, Joost aan de Brugh, Haili Hu, Tobias Borsdorff, Christian Frankenberg, Camille Risi, Otto Hasekamp, Ilse Aben, and Jochen Landgraf

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3921–3937, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3921-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3921-2016, 2016

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23 Aug 2016

New methods for the retrieval of chlorophyll red fluorescence from hyperspectral satellite instruments: simulations and application to GOME-2 and SCIAMACHY

Joanna Joiner, Yasuko Yoshida, Luis Guanter, and Elizabeth M. Middleton

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3939–3967, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3939-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3939-2016, 2016

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23 Aug 2016

Clustering, methodology, and mechanistic insights into acetate chemical ionization using high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Patrick Brophy and Delphine K. Farmer

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3969–3986, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3969-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3969-2016, 2016

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23 Aug 2016

A wavelength-dispersive instrument for characterizing fluorescence and scattering spectra of individual aerosol particles on a substrate

Donald R. Huffman, Benjamin E. Swanson, and J. Alex Huffman

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3987–3998, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3987-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3987-2016, 2016

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23 Aug 2016

Validation and analysis of MOPITT CO observations of the Amazon Basin

M. N. Deeter, S. Martínez-Alonso, L. V. Gatti, M. Gloor, J. B. Miller, L. G. Domingues, and C. S. C. Correia

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3999–4012, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3999-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3999-2016, 2016

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24 Aug 2016

Ground-based lidar and microwave radiometry synergy for high vertical resolution absolute humidity profiling

María Barrera-Verdejo, Susanne Crewell, Ulrich Löhnert, Emiliano Orlandi, and Paolo Di Girolamo

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4013–4028, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4013-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4013-2016, 2016

25 Aug 2016

Proposed standardized definitions for vertical resolution and uncertainty in the NDACC lidar ozone and temperature algorithms – Part 1: Vertical resolution

Thierry Leblanc, Robert J. Sica, Joanna A. E. van Gijsel, Sophie Godin-Beekmann, Alexander Haefele, Thomas Trickl, Guillaume Payen, and Frank Gabarrot

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4029–4049, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4029-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4029-2016, 2016

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25 Aug 2016

Proposed standardized definitions for vertical resolution and uncertainty in the NDACC lidar ozone and temperature algorithms – Part 2: Ozone DIAL uncertainty budget

Thierry Leblanc, Robert J. Sica, Joanna A. E. van Gijsel, Sophie Godin-Beekmann, Alexander Haefele, Thomas Trickl, Guillaume Payen, and Gianluigi Liberti

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4051–4078, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4051-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4051-2016, 2016

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25 Aug 2016

Proposed standardized definitions for vertical resolution and uncertainty in the NDACC lidar ozone and temperature algorithms – Part 3: Temperature uncertainty budget

Thierry Leblanc, Robert J. Sica, Joanna A. E. van Gijsel, Alexander Haefele, Guillaume Payen, and Gianluigi Liberti

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4079–4101, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4079-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4079-2016, 2016

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26 Aug 2016

Limb–nadir matching using non-coincident NO₂ observations: proof of concept and the OMI-minus-OSIRIS prototype product

Cristen Adams, Elise N. Normand, Chris A. McLinden, Adam E. Bourassa, Nicholas D. Lloyd, Douglas A. Degenstein, Nickolay A. Krotkov, Maria Belmonte Rivas, K. Folkert Boersma, and Henk Eskes

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4103–4122, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4103-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4103-2016, 2016

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29 Aug 2016

Errors in radial velocity variance from Doppler wind lidar

H. Wang, R. J. Barthelmie, P. Doubrawa, and S. C. Pryor

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4123–4139, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4123-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4123-2016, 2016

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30 Aug 2016

Estimates of Mode-S EHS aircraft-derived wind observation errors using triple collocation

Siebren de Haan

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4141–4150, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4141-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4141-2016, 2016

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30 Aug 2016

Coupling sky images with radiative transfer models: a new method to estimate cloud optical depth

Felipe A. Mejia, Ben Kurtz, Keenan Murray, Laura M. Hinkelman, Manajit Sengupta, Yu Xie, and Jan Kleissl

Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4151–4165, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4151-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4151-2016, 2016

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