Articles | Volume 11, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2949-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2949-2018
Research article
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18 May 2018
Research article |  | 18 May 2018

Comparison of total water vapour content in the Arctic derived from GNSS, AIRS, MODIS and SCIAMACHY

Dunya Alraddawi, Alain Sarkissian, Philippe Keckhut, Olivier Bock, Stefan Noël, Slimane Bekki, Abdenour Irbah, Mustapha Meftah, and Chantal Claud

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AR by Dunya Alraddawi on behalf of the Authors (06 Feb 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (22 Feb 2018) by Roeland Van Malderen
AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (21 Mar 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (28 Mar 2018) by Roeland Van Malderen
AR by Dunya Alraddawi on behalf of the Authors (07 Apr 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (16 Apr 2018) by Roeland Van Malderen
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Short summary
The current study provides intercomparisons of various water vapour measurements in the Arctic. It compares ground-based GPS observations with satellite measurements in the infrared (IR), near-infrared (NIR) and visible (VIS) through a specific method allowing us to quantify their uncertainties and limits. Unlike IR, satellite observations in NIR and VIS bands are mostly sensible to cloud cover during summer and to albedo variability over canopy or polluted snow-covered surfaces in winter.