Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
AMT

Volume 9, issue 9

Volumes and issues
Volumes and issues

Volume 9, issue 9

31 Aug 2016
Application of oxygen A-band equivalent width to disambiguate downwelling radiances for cloud optical depth measurement
Edward R. Niple, Herman E. Scott, John A. Conant, Stephen H. Jones, Frank J. Iannarilli, and Wellesley E. Pereira
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4167–4179, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4167-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4167-2016, 2016
31 Aug 2016
About the effects of polarising optics on lidar signals and the Δ90 calibration
Volker Freudenthaler
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4181–4255, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4181-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4181-2016, 2016
01 Sep 2016
A miniature Marine Aerosol Reference Tank (miniMART) as a compact breaking wave analogue
M. Dale Stokes, Grant Deane, Douglas B. Collins, Christopher Cappa, Timothy Bertram, Abigail Dommer, Steven Schill, Sara Forestieri, and Mathew Survilo
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4257–4267, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4257-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4257-2016, 2016
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01 Sep 2016
1064 nm rotational Raman lidar for particle extinction and lidar-ratio profiling: cirrus case study
Moritz Haarig, Ronny Engelmann, Albert Ansmann, Igor Veselovskii, David N. Whiteman, and Dietrich Althausen
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4269–4278, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4269-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4269-2016, 2016
05 Sep 2016
Sky camera geometric calibration using solar observations
Bryan Urquhart, Ben Kurtz, and Jan Kleissl
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4279–4294, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4279-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4279-2016, 2016
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05 Sep 2016
Advancements, measurement uncertainties, and recent comparisons of the NOAA frost point hygrometer
Emrys G. Hall, Allen F. Jordan, Dale F. Hurst, Samuel J. Oltmans, Holger Vömel, Benjamin Kühnreich, and Volker Ebert
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4295–4310, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4295-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4295-2016, 2016
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06 Sep 2016
Lake spray aerosol generation: a method for producing representative particles from freshwater wave breaking
Nathaniel W. May, Jessica L. Axson, Alexa Watson, Kerri A. Pratt, and Andrew P. Ault
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4311–4325, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4311-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4311-2016, 2016
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06 Sep 2016
Seven years of IASI ozone retrievals from FORLI: validation with independent total column and vertical profile measurements
Anne Boynard, Daniel Hurtmans, Mariliza E. Koukouli, Florence Goutail, Jérôme Bureau, Sarah Safieddine, Christophe Lerot, Juliette Hadji-Lazaro, Catherine Wespes, Jean-Pierre Pommereau, Andrea Pazmino, Irene Zyrichidou, Dimitris Balis, Alain Barbe, Semen N. Mikhailenko, Diego Loyola, Pieter Valks, Michel Van Roozendael, Pierre-François Coheur, and Cathy Clerbaux
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4327–4353, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4327-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4327-2016, 2016
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06 Sep 2016
Evaluation of water vapour assimilation in the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere by a chemical transport model
Swagata Payra, Philippe Ricaud, Rachid Abida, Laaziz El Amraoui, Jean-Luc Attié, Emmanuel Rivière, Fabien Carminati, and Thomas von Clarmann
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4355–4373, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4355-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4355-2016, 2016
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06 Sep 2016
Turbulence fluxes and variances measured with a sonic anemometer mounted on a tethered balloon
Guylaine Canut, Fleur Couvreux, Marie Lothon, Dominique Legain, Bruno Piguet, Astrid Lampert, William Maurel, and Eric Moulin
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4375–4386, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4375-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4375-2016, 2016
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07 Sep 2016
Ceilometer evaluation of the eastern Mediterranean summer boundary layer height – first study of two Israeli sites
Leenes Uzan, Smadar Egert, and Pinhas Alpert
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4387–4398, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4387-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4387-2016, 2016
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07 Sep 2016
Infrared limb emission measurements of aerosol in the troposphere and stratosphere
Sabine Griessbach, Lars Hoffmann, Reinhold Spang, Marc von Hobe, Rolf Müller, and Martin Riese
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4399–4423, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4399-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4399-2016, 2016
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08 Sep 2016
Hydrometeor classification through statistical clustering of polarimetric radar measurements: a semi-supervised approach
Nikola Besic, Jordi Figueras i Ventura, Jacopo Grazioli, Marco Gabella, Urs Germann, and Alexis Berne
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4425–4445, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4425-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4425-2016, 2016
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08 Sep 2016
Recent divergences in stratospheric water vapor measurements by frost point hygrometers and the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder
Dale F. Hurst, William G. Read, Holger Vömel, Henry B. Selkirk, Karen H. Rosenlof, Sean M. Davis, Emrys G. Hall, Allen F. Jordan, and Samuel J. Oltmans
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4447–4457, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4447-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4447-2016, 2016
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08 Sep 2016
Uncertainty budgets of major ozone absorption cross sections used in UV remote sensing applications
Mark Weber, Victor Gorshelev, and Anna Serdyuchenko
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4459–4470, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4459-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4459-2016, 2016
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09 Sep 2016
Intercomparison of stratospheric nitrogen dioxide columns retrieved from ground-based DOAS and FTIR and satellite DOAS instruments over the subtropical Izana station
Cristina Robles-Gonzalez, Mónica Navarro-Comas, Olga Puentedura, Matthias Schneider, Frank Hase, Omaira Garcia, Thomas Blumenstock, and Manuel Gil-Ojeda
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4471–4485, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4471-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4471-2016, 2016
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12 Sep 2016
High-spatial-resolution mapping of precipitable water vapour using SAR interferograms, GPS observations and ERA-Interim reanalysis
Wei Tang, Mingsheng Liao, Lu Zhang, Wei Li, and Weimin Yu
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4487–4501, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4487-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4487-2016, 2016
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12 Sep 2016
Ozone profiles above Kiruna from two ground-based radiometers
Niall J. Ryan, Kaley A. Walker, Uwe Raffalski, Rigel Kivi, Jochen Gross, and Gloria L. Manney
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4503–4519, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4503-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4503-2016, 2016
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13 Sep 2016
Improvement of OMI ozone profile retrievals by simultaneously fitting polar mesospheric clouds
Juseon Bak, Xiong Liu, Jae H. Kim, Matthew T. Deland, and Kelly Chance
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4521–4531, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4521-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4521-2016, 2016
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14 Sep 2016
Measurement of isoprene nitrates by GCMS
Graham P. Mills, Glyn D. Hiatt-Gipson, Sean P. Bew, and Claire E. Reeves
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4533–4545, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4533-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4533-2016, 2016
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14 Sep 2016
Inter-comparison of NIOSH and IMPROVE protocols for OC and EC determination: implications for inter-protocol data conversion
Cheng Wu, X. H. Hilda Huang, Wai Man Ng, Stephen M. Griffith, and Jian Zhen Yu
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4547–4560, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4547-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4547-2016, 2016
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16 Sep 2016
Investigation of a potential HCHO measurement artifact from ISOPOOH
Jason M. St. Clair, Jean C. Rivera-Rios, John D. Crounse, Eric Praske, Michelle J. Kim, Glenn M. Wolfe, Frank N. Keutsch, Paul O. Wennberg, and Thomas F. Hanisco
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4561–4568, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4561-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4561-2016, 2016
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16 Sep 2016
Comparison of the aerosol optical properties and size distribution retrieved by sun photometer with in situ measurements at midlatitude
Aurélien Chauvigné, Karine Sellegri, Maxime Hervo, Nadège Montoux, Patrick Freville, and Philippe Goloub
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4569–4585, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4569-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4569-2016, 2016
20 Sep 2016
Validation of brightness and physical temperature from two scanning microwave radiometers in the 60 GHz O2 band using radiosonde measurements
Francisco Navas-Guzmán, Niklaus Kämpfer, and Alexander Haefele
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4587–4600, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4587-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4587-2016, 2016
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20 Sep 2016
A laser-induced fluorescence instrument for aircraft measurements of sulfur dioxide in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere
Andrew W. Rollins, Troy D. Thornberry, Steven J. Ciciora, Richard J. McLaughlin, Laurel A. Watts, Thomas F. Hanisco, Esther Baumann, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Thaopaul V. Bui, David W. Fahey, and Ru-Shan Gao
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4601–4613, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4601-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4601-2016, 2016
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20 Sep 2016
Ground-based imaging remote sensing of ice clouds: uncertainties caused by sensor, method and atmosphere
Tobias Zinner, Petra Hausmann, Florian Ewald, Luca Bugliaro, Claudia Emde, and Bernhard Mayer
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4615–4632, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4615-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4615-2016, 2016
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20 Sep 2016
Potential of a geostationary geoCARB mission to estimate surface emissions of CO2, CH4 and CO in a polluted urban environment: case study Shanghai
Denis M. O'Brien, Igor N. Polonsky, Steven R. Utembe, and Peter J. Rayner
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4633–4654, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4633-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4633-2016, 2016
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20 Sep 2016
Phosgene in the UTLS: seasonal and latitudinal variations from MIPAS observations
Massimo Valeri, Massimo Carlotti, Jean-Marie Flaud, Piera Raspollini, Marco Ridolfi, and Bianca Maria Dinelli
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4655–4663, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4655-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4655-2016, 2016
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21 Sep 2016
Optimal use of buffer volumes for the measurement of atmospheric gas concentration in multi-point systems
Alessandro Cescatti, Barbara Marcolla, Ignacio Goded, and Carsten Gruening
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4665–4672, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4665-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4665-2016, 2016
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21 Sep 2016
The Zugspitze radiative closure experiment for quantifying water vapor absorption over the terrestrial and solar infrared – Part 2: Accurate calibration of high spectral-resolution infrared measurements of surface solar radiation
Andreas Reichert, Markus Rettinger, and Ralf Sussmann
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4673–4686, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4673-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4673-2016, 2016
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21 Sep 2016
AerGOM, an improved algorithm for stratospheric aerosol extinction retrieval from GOMOS observations – Part 1: Algorithm description
Filip Vanhellemont, Nina Mateshvili, Laurent Blanot, Charles Étienne Robert, Christine Bingen, Viktoria Sofieva, Francis Dalaudier, Cédric Tétard, Didier Fussen, Emmanuel Dekemper, Erkki Kyrölä, Marko Laine, Johanna Tamminen, and Claus Zehner
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4687–4700, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4687-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4687-2016, 2016
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21 Sep 2016
AerGOM, an improved algorithm for stratospheric aerosol extinction retrieval from GOMOS observations – Part 2: Intercomparisons
Charles Étienne Robert, Christine Bingen, Filip Vanhellemont, Nina Mateshvili, Emmanuel Dekemper, Cédric Tétard, Didier Fussen, Adam Bourassa, and Claus Zehner
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4701–4718, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4701-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4701-2016, 2016
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22 Sep 2016
Automatic processing of atmospheric CO2 and CH4 mole fractions at the ICOS Atmosphere Thematic Centre
Lynn Hazan, Jérôme Tarniewicz, Michel Ramonet, Olivier Laurent, and Amara Abbaris
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4719–4736, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4719-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4719-2016, 2016
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26 Sep 2016
Assessment of recent advances in measurement techniques for atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane observations
Christoph Zellweger, Lukas Emmenegger, Mohd Firdaus, Juha Hatakka, Martin Heimann, Elena Kozlova, T. Gerard Spain, Martin Steinbacher, Marcel V. van der Schoot, and Brigitte Buchmann
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4737–4757, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4737-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4737-2016, 2016
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26 Sep 2016
A semiempirical error estimation technique for PWV derived from atmospheric radiosonde data
Julio A. Castro-Almazán, Gabriel Pérez-Jordán, and Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4759–4781, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4759-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4759-2016, 2016
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27 Sep 2016
| Highlight paper
First characterization and validation of FORLI-HNO3 vertical profiles retrieved from IASI/Metop
Gaétane Ronsmans, Bavo Langerock, Catherine Wespes, James W. Hannigan, Frank Hase, Tobias Kerzenmacher, Emmanuel Mahieu, Matthias Schneider, Dan Smale, Daniel Hurtmans, Martine De Mazière, Cathy Clerbaux, and Pierre-François Coheur
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4783–4801, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4783-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4783-2016, 2016
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28 Sep 2016
Absolute calibration of the colour index and O4 absorption derived from Multi AXis (MAX-)DOAS measurements and their application to a standardised cloud classification algorithm
Thomas Wagner, Steffen Beirle, Julia Remmers, Reza Shaiganfar, and Yang Wang
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4803–4823, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4803-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4803-2016, 2016
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28 Sep 2016
Ensemble mean density and its connection to other microphysical properties of falling snow as observed in Southern Finland
Jussi Tiira, Dmitri N. Moisseev, Annakaisa von Lerber, Davide Ori, Ali Tokay, Larry F. Bliven, and Walter Petersen
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4825–4841, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4825-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4825-2016, 2016
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28 Sep 2016
Evaluation of column-averaged methane in models and TCCON with a focus on the stratosphere
Andreas Ostler, Ralf Sussmann, Prabir K. Patra, Sander Houweling, Marko De Bruine, Gabriele P. Stiller, Florian J. Haenel, Johannes Plieninger, Philippe Bousquet, Yi Yin, Marielle Saunois, Kaley A. Walker, Nicholas M. Deutscher, David W. T. Griffith, Thomas Blumenstock, Frank Hase, Thorsten Warneke, Zhiting Wang, Rigel Kivi, and John Robinson
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4843–4859, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4843-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4843-2016, 2016
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29 Sep 2016
Comparison of GPS tropospheric delays derived from two consecutive EPN reprocessing campaigns from the point of view of climate monitoring
Zofia Baldysz, Grzegorz Nykiel, Andrzej Araszkiewicz, Mariusz Figurski, and Karolina Szafranek
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4861–4877, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4861-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4861-2016, 2016
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