Retrieval of the vertical evolution of the cloud effective radius from the Chinese FY-4 (Feng Yun 4) next-generation geostationary satellites

Chen, Yilun; Chen, Guangcan; Cui, Chunguang; Zhang, Aoqi; Wan, Rong; Zhou, Shengnan; Wang, Dongyong; Fu, Yunfei

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1131-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1131-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1131-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 2

Research article

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30 Jan 2020

Research article |

| 30 Jan 2020

Retrieval of the vertical evolution of the cloud effective radius from the Chinese FY-4 (Feng Yun 4) next-generation geostationary satellites

Yilun Chen, Guangcan Chen, Chunguang Cui, Aoqi Zhang, Rong Wan, Shengnan Zhou, Dongyong Wang, and Yunfei Fu

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RC1: 'referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Oct 2019
- AC1: 'Response to the reviewers', Yilun Chen, 04 Dec 2019
RC2: 'Review of manuscript of Chen et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'Response to the reviewers', Yilun Chen, 04 Dec 2019

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AR by Yilun Chen on behalf of the Authors (04 Dec 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Dec 2019) by Johannes Quaas

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 Dec 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (26 Dec 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (27 Dec 2019) by Johannes Quaas

AR by Yilun Chen on behalf of the Authors (31 Dec 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (09 Jan 2020) by Johannes Quaas

AR by Yilun Chen on behalf of the Authors (10 Jan 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

The vertical evolution of the cloud effective radius reflects the precipitation-forming process. We developed an algorithm for retrieving it based on objective cloud-cluster identification rather than the subjective polygon of the conventional method. The profile shows completely different morphologies in different life stages of the cloud cluster, which is important in the characterization of the formation of precipitation and the temporal evolution of microphysical processes.