A method for merging nadir-sounding climate records, with an application to the global-mean stratospheric temperature data sets from SSU and AMSU

McLandress, C.; Shepherd, T. G.; Jonsson, A. I.; von Clarmann, T.; Funke, B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9271-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9271-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9271-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 16

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20 Aug 2015

Research article |

| 20 Aug 2015

A method for merging nadir-sounding climate records, with an application to the global-mean stratospheric temperature data sets from SSU and AMSU

C. McLandress, T. G. Shepherd, A. I. Jonsson, T. von Clarmann, and B. Funke

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RC C1987: 'Review of “A method for merging nadir-sounding climate records, with an application to the global-mean stratospheric temperature data sets from SSU and AMSU”', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Apr 2015
- AC C4111: 'Reply to Reviewer 1', Charles McLandress, 28 Jun 2015
RC C2121: 'Interactive comments on ‘A method for merging nadir-sounding climate records, with an application to the global-mean stratospheric temperature data sets from SSU and AMSU’ by McLandress et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Apr 2015
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ED: Publish as is (28 Jul 2015) by Qiang Fu

AR by Charles McLandress on behalf of the Authors (05 Aug 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This is the first paper of its kind describing a method for merging the long-term satellite records of global stratospheric temperature from SSU and AMSU to yield a continuous data set from 1979 to present (and beyond). Since global-mean stratospheric temperature is close to radiative equilibrium, our "extended" SSU data set is an important climate record for the detection and attribution of anthropogenic influence.