The effect of cloud liquid water on tropospheric temperature retrievals from microwave measurements

Bernet, Leonie; Navas-Guzmán, Francisco; Kämpfer, Niklaus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4421-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4421-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4421-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 11

Research article

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17 Nov 2017

Research article |

| 17 Nov 2017

The effect of cloud liquid water on tropospheric temperature retrievals from microwave measurements

Leonie Bernet, Francisco Navas-Guzmán, and Niklaus Kämpfer

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Author's final response', Leonie Bernet, 26 Sep 2017
RC2: 'Comments to manuscript amt-2017-153 The effect of cloud liquid water on tropospheric temperature retrievals from microwave measurements', Anonymous Referee #3, 13 Aug 2017
- AC2: 'Author's final response', Leonie Bernet, 26 Sep 2017

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AR by Leonie Bernet on behalf of the Authors (26 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Sep 2017) by Brian Kahn

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (02 Oct 2017)

ED: Publish as is (10 Oct 2017) by Brian Kahn

Short summary

Microwave radiometry is a suitable technique to measure atmospheric temperature profiles during clear sky and cloudy conditions. However clouds can influence the temperature measurements. In this study we analyse the influence of clouds on temperature measurements in the troposphere from a microwave radiometer. We found that the effect of clouds on the temperature measurements is important and that the measurements can be improved substantially by considering clouds in the retrieval process.