Improving satellite-retrieved surface radiative fluxes in polar regions using a smart sampling approach

Van Tricht, Kristof; Lhermitte, Stef; Gorodetskaya, Irina V.; van Lipzig, Nicole P. M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2379-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2379-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2379-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 5

Research article

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13 Oct 2016

Research article |

| 13 Oct 2016

Improving satellite-retrieved surface radiative fluxes in polar regions using a smart sampling approach

Kristof Van Tricht, Stef Lhermitte, Irina V. Gorodetskaya, and Nicole P. M. van Lipzig

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RC1: 'Comments on the paper by Van Tricht et al. "Improving satellite-retrieved surface radiative fluxes in polar regions using a smart sampling approach"', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Jun 2016
RC2: 'Reviewer Comments for Van Tricht et al (2016)', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Jun 2016
AC1: 'Response to reviewers and suggested changes in the revised manuscript', Kristof Van Tricht, 10 Sep 2016

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AR by Kristof van Tricht on behalf of the Authors (10 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Sep 2016) by Xavier Fettweis

AR by Kristof van Tricht on behalf of the Authors (19 Sep 2016)

Short summary

Despite the crucial role of polar regions in the global climate system, the limited availability of observations on the ground hampers a detailed understanding of their energy budget. Here we develop a method to use satellites to fill these observational gaps. We show that by sampling satellite observations in a smart way, coverage is greatly enhanced. We conclude that this method might help improve our understanding of the polar energy budget, and ultimately its effects on the global climate.