Potential of remote sensing of cirrus optical thickness by airborne spectral radiance measurements at different sideward viewing angles

Wolf, Kevin; Ehrlich, André; Hüneke, Tilman; Pfeilsticker, Klaus; Werner, Frank; Wirth, Martin; Wendisch, Manfred

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4283-2017

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30 Mar 2017

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Potential of remote sensing of cirrus optical thickness by airborne spectral radiance measurements at different sideward viewing angles

Kevin Wolf, André Ehrlich, Tilman Hüneke, Klaus Pfeilsticker, Frank Werner, Martin Wirth, and Manfred Wendisch

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript "Potential of remote sensing of cirrus optical thickness by airborne spectral radiance measurements in different viewing angles and nadir geometry"', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Nov 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer #1', Kevin Wolf, 24 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Review: “Potential of remote sensing of cirrus optical thickness by airborne spectral radiance measurements in different viewing angles and nadir geometry” by Wolf et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to reviewer #2', Kevin Wolf, 24 Feb 2017

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AR by Kevin Wolf on behalf of the Authors (27 Feb 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 Mar 2017) by Darrel Baumgardner

AR by Kevin Wolf on behalf of the Authors (13 Mar 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

The potential of airborne radiance measurements in the sideward and nadir directions for cirrus remote sensing is investigated. Therefore radiative transfer simulations were used and the sensitivity of upward radiance with respect to optical thickness, effective radius, surface albedo, wavelength and viewing angle was studied. It was shown that sideward observations lead to more accurate retrieval results. Investigating a case study of ML-CIRRUS, these findings are confirmed.