The SPARC water vapour assessment II: comparison of stratospheric and lower mesospheric water vapour time series observed from satellites

Khosrawi, Farahnaz; Lossow, Stefan; Stiller, Gabriele P.; Rosenlof, Karen H.; Urban, Joachim; Burrows, John P.; Damadeo, Robert P.; Eriksson, Patrick; García-Comas, Maya; Gille, John C.; Kasai, Yasuko; Kiefer, Michael; Nedoluha, Gerald E.; Noël, Stefan; Raspollini, Piera; Read, William G.; Rozanov, Alexei; Sioris, Christopher E.; Walker, Kaley A.; Weigel, Katja

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4435-2018

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25 Jul 2018

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| 25 Jul 2018

The SPARC water vapour assessment II: comparison of stratospheric and lower mesospheric water vapour time series observed from satellites

Farahnaz Khosrawi, Stefan Lossow, Gabriele P. Stiller, Karen H. Rosenlof, Joachim Urban, John P. Burrows, Robert P. Damadeo, Patrick Eriksson, Maya García-Comas, John C. Gille, Yasuko Kasai, Michael Kiefer, Gerald E. Nedoluha, Stefan Noël, Piera Raspollini, William G. Read, Alexei Rozanov, Christopher E. Sioris, Kaley A. Walker, and Katja Weigel

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RC1: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee 1 Comments', Farahnaz Khosrawi, 25 Jun 2018
RC2: 'Review: Khosrawi et al.', Hugh C. Pumphrey, 03 May 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee 2 Comments', Farahnaz Khosrawi, 25 Jun 2018

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (12 Jul 2018) by Stefan Buehler

AR by Farahnaz Khosrawi on behalf of the Authors (13 Jul 2018) Author's response Manuscript

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Time series of stratospheric and lower mesospheric water vapour using 33 data sets from 15 satellite instruments were compared in the framework of the second SPARC water vapour assessment. We find that most data sets can be considered in observational and modelling studies addressing, e.g. stratospheric and lower mesospheric water vapour variability and trends if data-set-specific characteristics (e.g. a drift) and restrictions (e.g. temporal and spatial coverage) are taken into account.