Validation and update of OMI Total Column Water Vapor product

Wang, Huiqun; Gonzalez Abad, Gonzalo; Liu, Xiong; Chance, Kelly

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11379-2016

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14 Sep 2016

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| 14 Sep 2016

Validation and update of OMI Total Column Water Vapor product

Huiqun Wang, Gonzalo Gonzalez Abad, Xiong Liu, and Kelly Chance

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'acp-2016-181, referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 May 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Comment on "Validation of OMI Total Column Water Vapor Product"', Huiqun Wang, 06 Jul 2016
RC2: 'Referee comments: acp-2016-181', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Comment on "Validation of OMI Total Column Water Vapor Product"', Huiqun Wang, 06 Jul 2016

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

AR by Huiqun Wang on behalf of the Authors (06 Jul 2016) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Jul 2016) by Viktoria Sofieva

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (14 Aug 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (24 Aug 2016) by Viktoria Sofieva

AR by Huiqun Wang on behalf of the Authors (31 Aug 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

Water vapor is highly important. The OMI total column water vapor product retrieved using SAO's version 1.0 algorithm agrees well with other reference products over the land but has a low bias over the ocean. The updated OMI water vapor product retrieved using SAO's version 2.1 algorithm largely eliminates the low bias over the ocean, improving the land/ocean consistency and the overall data quality. This dataset can benefit a variety of scientific studies and practical applications.