Stratospheric aerosol size retrieval from limb scatter
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Retrieval of stratospheric aerosol size information from OSIRIS limb scattered sunlight spectra A. E. Bourassa, D. A. Degenstein, and E. J. Llewellyn Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, USA Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada Received: 5 December 2007 – Accepted: 23 January 2008 – Published: 26 February 2008 Correspondence to: A. E. Bourassa (adam [email protected])
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Thank you to the referee for the instructive and encouraging review. The main issue that the referee mentions is the lack of discussion of forward model parameter errors. We have addressed this concern in a revision of the paper. We have added references about assumed composition, including index of refraction. We have also pointed out that the retrieval of aerosol size information presented in...
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