The dual-field-of-view polarization lidar technique: a new concept in monitoring aerosol effects in liquid-water clouds – theoretical framework

Jimenez, Cristofer; Ansmann, Albert; Engelmann, Ronny; Donovan, David; Malinka, Aleksey; Schmidt, Jörg; Seifert, Patric; Wandinger, Ulla

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15247-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15247-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15247-2020

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The dual-field-of-view polarization lidar technique: a new concept in monitoring aerosol effects in liquid-water clouds – theoretical framework

Cristofer Jimenez, Albert Ansmann, Ronny Engelmann, David Donovan, Aleksey Malinka, Jörg Schmidt, Patric Seifert, and Ulla Wandinger

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Author response acp-2020-473', Cristofer Jimenez, 06 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Interactive Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Author response acp-2020-473', Cristofer Jimenez, 06 Oct 2020

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ED: Publish as is (19 Oct 2020) by Eduardo Landulfo

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Short summary

A novel lidar method to study cloud microphysical properties (of liquid water clouds) and to study aerosol–cloud interaction (ACI) is developed and presented in this paper. In Part 1, the theoretical framework including an error analysis is given together with an overview of the aerosol information that the same lidar system can obtain. The ACI concept based on aerosol and cloud information is also explained. Applications of the proposed approach to lidar measurements are presented in Part 2.