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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2331-2019
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Research article
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15 Apr 2019
Research article |
| 15 Apr 2019
| 15 Apr 2019
Characterization and evaluation of AIRS-based estimates of the deuterium content of water vapor
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute for Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Susan S. Kulawik
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute–NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, USA
Dejian Fu
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute for Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Vivienne H. Payne
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute for Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Alan E. Lipton
Atmospheric Environmental Research, Lexington, MA, USA
Igor Polonsky
Atmospheric Environmental Research, Lexington, MA, USA
Yuguang He
Atmospheric Environmental Research, Lexington, MA, USA
Karen Cady-Pereira
Atmospheric Environmental Research, Lexington, MA, USA
Jean-Luc Moncet
Atmospheric Environmental Research, Lexington, MA, USA
Robert L. Herman
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute for Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Fredrick W. Irion
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute for Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Kevin W. Bowman
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute for Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
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Short summary
In this paper we take the first steps towards generating a multi-decadal record of the deuterium content of water vapor, useful for evaluating the moisture sources and processes affecting water vapor, by estimating the deuterium content from thermal IR radiances from the AIRS instrument. We find the AIRS-based measurements are sensitive to the deuterium content of water vapor in the middle and lower troposphere with a single measurement uncertainty of ~ 3 % and an accuracy of ~ 0.7 %.
In this paper we take the first steps towards generating a multi-decadal record of the deuterium...
