The Zugspitze radiative closure experiment for quantifying water vapor
absorption over the terrestrial and solar infrared &ndash;
Part 1: Setup, uncertainty analysis, and assessment of far-infrared water
vapor continuum

Sussmann, Ralf; Reichert, Andreas; Rettinger, Markus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11649-2016

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21 Sep 2016

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The Zugspitze radiative closure experiment for quantifying water vapor absorption over the terrestrial and solar infrared – Part 1: Setup, uncertainty analysis, and assessment of far-infrared water vapor continuum

Ralf Sussmann, Andreas Reichert, and Markus Rettinger

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RC1: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 May 2016
RC2: 'Interactive comment: “The Zugspitze radiative closure experiment for quantifying water vapor absorption over the terrestrial and solar infrared. Part I: Setup, uncertainty analysis, and assessment of far-infrared water vapor continuum” by Sussmann et ', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Jun 2016
RC3: 'referee comment on Sussmann et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 28 Jun 2016
AC1: 'Author response to the referee comments', Andreas Reichert, 30 Aug 2016

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AR by Andreas Reichert on behalf of the Authors (05 Sep 2016)

Short summary

Quantitative knowledge of infrared absorption by water vapor is crucial for remote sensing and climate simulations. Under cold atmospheric conditions this information can only be attained via field experiments. Therefore, we set upa radiative closure study covering 1.28–25 µm at the Zugspitze (47° N, 2964 m a.s.l.). We describe the setup and elaborate on the radiance uncertainty budget. Water vapor continuum quantification in the far infrared shows consistency with the MT_CKD continuum model.