Retrieval of total water vapour in the Arctic using microwave humidity sounders

Scarlat, Raul Cristian; Melsheimer, Christian; Heygster, Georg

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2067-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2067-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2067-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

Research article

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11 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 11 Apr 2018

Retrieval of total water vapour in the Arctic using microwave humidity sounders

Raul Cristian Scarlat, Christian Melsheimer, and Georg Heygster

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

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Nov 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to RC 1', Raul Scarlat, 28 Dec 2017
RC2: 'Referee Review, amt-2017-219, Scarlat et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Dec 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to RC 2', Raul Scarlat, 27 Dec 2017

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

AR by Raul Scarlat on behalf of the Authors (27 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (02 Mar 2018) by Murray Hamilton

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (08 Mar 2018)

ED: Publish as is (08 Mar 2018) by Murray Hamilton

Short summary

An obstacle in achieving reliable satellite measurements of atmospheric water vapour in the Arctic is the presence of sea ice. Here we have built on a previous method that achieves consistent atmospheric measurements over sea-ice-covered regions. The main focus was to adapt the method for better coverage in shallow-ice-covered and ice-free areas by accounting for the signal from the open-ocean surface. This approach extends the coverage from the central Arctic to the entire Arctic region.