Cloud climatologies from the infrared sounders AIRS and IASI: strengths and applications

Stubenrauch, Claudia J.; Feofilov, Artem G.; Protopapadaki, Sofia E.; Armante, Raymond

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-13625-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 22

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 13625–13644, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-13625-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 13625–13644, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-13625-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 22

Research article 15 Nov 2017

Research article | 15 Nov 2017

Cloud climatologies from the infrared sounders AIRS and IASI: strengths and applications

Claudia J. Stubenrauch et al.

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RC1: 'Detailed review response', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Jul 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Claudia Stubenrauch, 19 Sep 2017
RC2: 'review of Stubenrauch et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Aug 2017
- AC1: 'response to Referee #1', Claudia Stubenrauch, 19 Sep 2017

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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (01 Oct 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (05 Oct 2017) by Stefan Buehler

Short summary

We present multi-year cloud climatologies from the advanced IR sounders AIRS and IASI. These data are particularly sensitive to cirrus. Cloud emissivity allows to distinguish between high opaque, thick cirrus and thin cirrus. By comparing tropical geographical change patterns of these cloud types with respect to changing tropical mean surface temperature, it is demonstrated that their response to climate change may be different, with potential consequences on the atmospheric circulation.