The Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology (version 2.0): 1979–2018

Kovilakam, Mahesh; Thomason, Larry W.; Ernest, Nicholas; Rieger, Landon; Bourassa, Adam; Millán, Luis

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2607-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2607-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2607-2020

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

Data description paper

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31 Oct 2020

Data description paper |

| 31 Oct 2020

The Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology (version 2.0): 1979–2018

Mahesh Kovilakam, Larry W. Thomason, Nicholas Ernest, Landon Rieger, Adam Bourassa, and Luis Millán

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RC1: 'Review of “A Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology (Version 2.0): 1979–2018” by Mahesh Kovilakam et al.', Thomas Aubry, 05 Jul 2020
- AC5: 'Response to Referee #1', Mahesh Kovilakam, 18 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Referee Report on “A Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology (Version 2.0): 1979-2018”, by Kovilakam et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Jul 2020
- AC6: 'Response to Referee #2', Mahesh Kovilakam, 18 Aug 2020
RC3: 'Referee Report', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 Jul 2020
- AC7: 'Response to Referee #3', Mahesh Kovilakam, 18 Aug 2020

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AR by Mahesh Kovilakam on behalf of the Authors (18 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (31 Aug 2020) by Prasad Gogineni

Short summary

A robust stratospheric aerosol climatology is important as many global climate models (GCMs) make use of observed aerosol properties to prescribe aerosols in the stratosphere. Here, we present version 2.0 of the GloSSAC data set in which a new methodology is used for the post-2005 data that improves the quality of data in the lower stratosphere, which includes an improved 1020 nm extinction. Additionally, size information from multiwavelength measurements of SAGE III/ISS is provided.