Sensitivity of liquid cloud optical thickness and effective radius retrievals to cloud bow and glory conditions using two SEVIRI imagers

Benas, Nikos; Meirink, Jan Fokke; Stengel, Martin; Stammes, Piet

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2863-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2863-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2863-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 5

Research article

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23 May 2019

Research article |

| 23 May 2019

Sensitivity of liquid cloud optical thickness and effective radius retrievals to cloud bow and glory conditions using two SEVIRI imagers

Nikos Benas, Jan Fokke Meirink, Martin Stengel, and Piet Stammes

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RC1: 'Review of "Sensitivity of liquid cloud optical thickness and effective radius retrievals to cloud bow and glory conditions using two SEVIRI imagers"', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Feb 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to anonymous referee #1', Nikos Benas, 12 Apr 2019
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Sensitivity of liquid cloud optical thickness and effective radius retrievals to cloud bow and glory conditions using two SEVIRI imagers” by N. Benas et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Feb 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to anonymous referee #2', Nikos Benas, 12 Apr 2019
RC3: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 15 Feb 2019
- AC3: 'Reply to anonymous referee #3', Nikos Benas, 12 Apr 2019

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

AR by Nikos Benas on behalf of the Authors (15 Apr 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (29 Apr 2019) by Alexander Kokhanovsky

Short summary

Cloud glory and bow phenomena cause irregularities in satellite-based retrievals of cloud optical and microphysical properties. Here we combine two geostationary satellites over the same areas to analyze retrievals under those conditions. Results show a high sensitivity of retrievals to the assumed width of the cloud droplet size distribution and provide insights into possible improvements in satellite retrievals by appropriately adjusting this assumed parameter.