Observation of absorbing aerosols above clouds over the south-east Atlantic Ocean from the geostationary satellite SEVIRI – Part 1: Method description and sensitivity

Peers, Fanny; Francis, Peter; Fox, Cathryn; Abel, Steven J.; Szpek, Kate; Cotterell, Michael I.; Davies, Nicholas W.; Langridge, Justin M.; Meyer, Kerry G.; Platnick, Steven E.; Haywood, Jim M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9595-2019

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31 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 31 Jul 2019

Observation of absorbing aerosols above clouds over the south-east Atlantic Ocean from the geostationary satellite SEVIRI – Part 1: Method description and sensitivity

Fanny Peers, Peter Francis, Cathryn Fox, Steven J. Abel, Kate Szpek, Michael I. Cotterell, Nicholas W. Davies, Justin M. Langridge, Kerry G. Meyer, Steven E. Platnick, and Jim M. Haywood

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RC1: 'Review comments for Peers et al. (acp-2018-1333)', Ian Chang, 08 Feb 2019
- AC1: 'Response to both reviewers', Fanny Peers, 10 May 2019
RC2: 'Comments on “Observation of absorbing aerosols above clouds over the South-East Atlantic Ocean from the geostationary satellite SEVIRI – Part 1: Method description and sensitivity” by Peers et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Feb 2019
- AC1: 'Response to both reviewers', Fanny Peers, 10 May 2019

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AR by Fanny Peers on behalf of the Authors (10 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Jun 2019) by Nikolaos Mihalopoulos

Short summary

The measurements from the geostationary satellite MSG/SEVIRI are used to retrieve the cloud and above-cloud aerosol properties over the South Atlantic. The technique relies on the spectral contrast and the magnitude of the signal in the visible to shortwave infrared region as well as the atmospheric correction based on forecasted water vapour profiles. The sensitivity analysis and the stability of the retrieval over time show great potential of the high-temporal-resolution observations.