Atmospheric QBO and ENSO indices with high vertical resolution from GNSS radio occultation temperature measurements

Wilhelmsen, Hallgeir; Ladstädter, Florian; Scherllin-Pirscher, Barbara; Steiner, Andrea K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1333-2018

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06 Mar 2018

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Atmospheric QBO and ENSO indices with high vertical resolution from GNSS radio occultation temperature measurements

Hallgeir Wilhelmsen, Florian Ladstädter, Barbara Scherllin-Pirscher, and Andrea K. Steiner

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of "Atmospheric QBO and ENSO indices .."', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Aug 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Hallgeir Wilhelmsen, 23 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Sep 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Hallgeir Wilhelmsen, 23 Nov 2017
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 12 Sep 2017
- AC3: 'Response to Referee #3', Hallgeir Wilhelmsen, 23 Nov 2017
RC4: 'Atmospheric QBO and ENSO indices with high vertical resolution from GNSS radio occultation temperature measurements', Anonymous Referee #4, 20 Sep 2017
- AC4: 'Response to Referee #4', Hallgeir Wilhelmsen, 23 Nov 2017
RC5: 'Review of manuscript amt-‐2017-‐75', Anonymous Referee #5, 22 Sep 2017
- AC6: 'Response to Referee #5', Hallgeir Wilhelmsen, 23 Nov 2017

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Hallgeir Wilhelmsen on behalf of the Authors (30 Nov 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Dec 2017) by Anthony Mannucci

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (27 Dec 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (02 Jan 2018)

ED: Publish as is (21 Jan 2018) by Anthony Mannucci

Short summary

Tropical atmospheric variability is often described using proxy indices of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation. We introduce new proxies derived from GNSS radio occultation (RO) satellite measurements. Using the high vertical resolution of the RO temperature fields we obtain altitude-resolved indices which can improve the description of atmospheric variability patterns and can be used in climate studies where a detailed knowledge of these patterns is required.