PAMTRA 1.0: the Passive and Active Microwave radiative TRAnsfer tool for simulating radiometer and radar measurements of the cloudy atmosphere

Mech, Mario; Maahn, Maximilian; Kneifel, Stefan; Ori, Davide; Orlandi, Emiliano; Kollias, Pavlos; Schemann, Vera; Crewell, Susanne

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4229-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4229-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4229-2020

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

Model description paper

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13 Sep 2020

Model description paper |

| 13 Sep 2020

PAMTRA 1.0: the Passive and Active Microwave radiative TRAnsfer tool for simulating radiometer and radar measurements of the cloudy atmosphere

Mario Mech, Maximilian Maahn, Stefan Kneifel, Davide Ori, Emiliano Orlandi, Pavlos Kollias, Vera Schemann, and Susanne Crewell

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

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RC1: 'Review of gmd-2019-356', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 May 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to comments by anonymous reviewer 1', Mario Mech, 26 Jun 2020
RC2: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 May 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to comments by anonymous reviewer 2', Mario Mech, 26 Jun 2020
AC3: 'Corrected an error while plotting figure 5', Mario Mech, 26 Jun 2020

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

AR by Mario Mech on behalf of the Authors (09 Jul 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (22 Jul 2020) by Volker Grewe

Short summary

The Passive and Active Microwave TRAnsfer tool (PAMTRA) is a public domain software package written in Python and Fortran for the simulation of microwave remote sensing observations. PAMTRA models the interaction of radiation with gases, clouds, precipitation, and the surface using either in situ observations or model output as input parameters. The wide range of applications is demonstrated for passive (radiometer) and active (radar) instruments on ground, airborne, and satellite platforms.