Global distribution and 14-year changes in erythemal irradiance, UV atmospheric transmission, and total column ozone for2005–2018 estimated from OMI and EPIC observations

Herman, Jay; Cede, Alexander; Huang, Liang; Ziemke, Jerald; Torres, Omar; Krotkov, Nickolay; Kowalewski, Matthew; Blank, Karin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8351-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8351-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8351-2020

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

Articles | Volume 20, issue 14

Research article

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17 Jul 2020

Research article |

| 17 Jul 2020

Global distribution and 14-year changes in erythemal irradiance, UV atmospheric transmission, and total column ozone for2005–2018 estimated from OMI and EPIC observations

Jay Herman, Alexander Cede, Liang Huang, Jerald Ziemke, Omar Torres, Nickolay Krotkov, Matthew Kowalewski, and Karin Blank

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript: “Global Distribution and 14-Year Changes in Erythemal Irradiance, UV Atmospheric Transmission, and Total Column Ozone 2005 – 2018 Estimated from OMI and EPIC Observations” by Herman et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer #1', Jay Herman, 18 Feb 2020
RC2: 'Trend analysis requires more work; data need to be compared with other measurements from space and the ground.', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Nov 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to reviewer #2', Jay Herman, 18 Feb 2020
RC3: 'Review of Herman et al. 2019', Anonymous Referee #3, 13 Nov 2019
- AC3: 'Reply top reviewer #3', Jay Herman, 19 Feb 2020

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

AR by Jay Herman on behalf of the Authors (19 Feb 2020) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (29 Feb 2020) by Stelios Kazadzis

AR by Jay Herman on behalf of the Authors (02 Mar 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

The amount of erythemal irradiance reaching the Earth's surface has been calculated from ozone, aerosol, and reflectivity data obtained from OMI and DSCOVR/EPIC satellite instruments showing areas with high levels of solar UV radiation. Changes in erythemal irradiance, cloud transmission, aerosol transmission, and ozone absorption have been estimated for 14 years 2005–2018 in units of percent per year for 191 locations, mostly large cities, and from EPIC for the entire illuminated Earth.