Measurements of global distributions of polar mesospheric clouds during 2005&ndash;2012 by MIPAS/Envisat

García-Comas, Maya; López-Puertas, Manuel; Funke, Bernd; Jurado-Navarro, Á. Aythami; Gardini, Angela; Stiller, Gabriele P.; von Clarmann, Thomas; Höpfner, Michael

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6701-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6701-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6701-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 11

Research article

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03 Jun 2016

Research article |

| 03 Jun 2016

Measurements of global distributions of polar mesospheric clouds during 2005–2012 by MIPAS/Envisat

Maya García-Comas, Manuel López-Puertas, Bernd Funke, Á. Aythami Jurado-Navarro, Angela Gardini, Gabriele P. Stiller, Thomas von Clarmann, and Michael Höpfner

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RC1: 'Review of García-Comas et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Apr 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer 1', Manuel López-Puertas, 29 Apr 2016
RC2: 'recommendation for minor revisions', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviewer 2', Manuel López-Puertas, 29 Apr 2016

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AR by Manuel López-Puertas on behalf of the Authors (29 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 May 2016) by Franz-Josef Lübken

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (12 May 2016)

ED: Publish as is (13 May 2016) by Franz-Josef Lübken

AR by Manuel López-Puertas on behalf of the Authors (13 May 2016)

Short summary

We have analysed IR measurements of PMCs in the NH and SH from 2005 to 2012. This technique is sensitive to the total ice volume independent of particle size. For the first time, we have measured the total ice volume from the midlatitudes to the poles. The data indicate a layer of ice from 81 to 89 km and from the poles to 50–60º in each hemisphere, increasing near the poles. The ice density is larger in the NH than in the SH and located 1 km lower. PMCs also show a diurnal variation.