Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) 1064&thinsp;nm calibration  and validation

Pauly, Rebecca M.; Yorks, John E.; Hlavka, Dennis L.; McGill, Matthew J.; Amiridis, Vassilis; Palm, Stephen P.; Rodier, Sharon D.; Vaughan, Mark A.; Selmer, Patrick A.; Kupchock, Andrew W.; Baars, Holger; Gialitaki, Anna

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6241-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6241-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-6241-2019

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

Research article

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28 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 28 Nov 2019

Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) 1064 nm calibration and validation

Rebecca M. Pauly, John E. Yorks, Dennis L. Hlavka, Matthew J. McGill, Vassilis Amiridis, Stephen P. Palm, Sharon D. Rodier, Mark A. Vaughan, Patrick A. Selmer, Andrew W. Kupchock, Holger Baars, and Anna Gialitaki

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

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RC1: 'Review of Cloud Aerosol Transport System (CATS) 1064 nm Calibration and Validation by Rebecca Pauly et al', Franco Marenco, 21 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Franco Morenco’s Comments (Referee)', Rebecca Pauly, 12 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Review for Pauly et al. "Cloud Aerosol Transport System (CATS) 1064 nm Calibration and Validation"', Anonymous Referee #4, 02 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #4', Rebecca Pauly, 12 Sep 2019
SC1: 'Comment', Tyler Thorsen, 04 Aug 2019
- AC3: 'Response to Comments', Rebecca Pauly, 12 Sep 2019

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

AR by Rebecca Pauly on behalf of the Authors (12 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Sep 2019) by Alexander Kokhanovsky

Short summary

The Cloud Aerosol Transport System (CATS) demonstrated that direct calibration of 1064 nm lidar data from a spaceborne platform is possible. By normalizing the CATS signal to a modeled molecular backscatter profile the CATS data were calibrated, enabling the derivation of optical properties of clouds and aerosols. Comparisons of the calibrated signal with airborne lidar, ground-based lidar, and spaceborne lidar all show agreement within the estimated error bars of the respective instruments.