Variability of bulk water vapor content in the marine cloudy boundary layers from microwave and near-infrared imagery

Millán, Luis F.; Lebsock, Matthew D.; Teixeira, Joao

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8491-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8491-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8491-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 13

Research article

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04 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 04 Jul 2019

Variability of bulk water vapor content in the marine cloudy boundary layers from microwave and near-infrared imagery

Luis F. Millán, Matthew D. Lebsock, and Joao Teixeira

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Final revised paper (published on 04 Jul 2019)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review: Variability of Bulk Water Vapor Content in the Marine Cloudy Boundary Layers from Microwave and Near-Infrared Imagery', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Response to RC1', Luis Millan, 29 Apr 2019
RC2: 'Review of Millán et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 May 2019
- AC2: 'Response to RC2', Luis Millan, 17 May 2019

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

AR by Luis Millan on behalf of the Authors (17 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 May 2019) by Johannes Quaas

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (06 Jun 2019)

ED: Publish as is (14 Jun 2019) by Johannes Quaas

Short summary

The synergy of the collocated Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) provides daily global estimates of marine boundary layer water vapor. AMSR provides the total column water vapor, while MODIS provides the water vapor above the cloud layers. The difference between the two gives the vapor between the surface and the cloud top, which may be interpreted as the boundary layer water vapor.