Polar stratospheric cloud climatology based on CALIPSO spaceborne lidar measurements from 2006 to 2017

Pitts, Michael C.; Poole, Lamont R.; Gonzalez, Ryan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10881-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10881-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-10881-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 15

Research article

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03 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 03 Aug 2018

Polar stratospheric cloud climatology based on CALIPSO spaceborne lidar measurements from 2006 to 2017

Michael C. Pitts, Lamont R. Poole, and Ryan Gonzalez

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Final revised paper (published on 03 Aug 2018)
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RC1: 'Question to the authors - not yet a full review', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Mar 2018
AC1: 'Answer to question from Anonymous Referee #1', Michael Pitts, 29 Mar 2018
- RC2: 'reply', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Mar 2018
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Apr 2018
RC4: 'Review comment of "Polar stratospheric cloud climatology based on CALIPSO spaceborne lidar measurements from 2006-2017"', Anonymous Referee #3, 24 Apr 2018
RC5: 'full review', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Apr 2018
RC6: 'Review of ’Polar stratospheric cloud climatology based on CALIPSO spaceborne lidar measurements from 2006-2017’ by M.C. Pitts, L. R. Poole and R. Gonzalez, submitted to ACPD', Anonymous Referee #4, 07 May 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Michael Pitts on behalf of the Authors (13 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Jun 2018) by Rolf Müller

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (15 Jun 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Jun 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (18 Jun 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (27 Jun 2018)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Jul 2018) by Rolf Müller

Short summary

This paper first describes the new version 2 Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) detection and composition classification algorithm. We then present a state-of-the-art PSC reference data record and climatology constructed by applying the v2 algorithm to the over 11 years CALIOP spaceborne lidar dataset spanning 2006–2017. This work is part of a larger effort being performed under the auspices of the SPARC Polar Stratospheric Cloud Initiative.