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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1563-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1563-2022
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18 Mar 2022
Research article |  | 18 Mar 2022

Atmospheric precipitable water vapor and its correlation with clear-sky infrared temperature observations

Vicki Kelsey, Spencer Riley, and Kenneth Minschwaner

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In the interior western USA there are distances of hundreds of kilometers between weather balloon launch sites for weather forecasting. Satellite coverage can also be sparse or with poor resolution. Using infrared thermometers, clear-sky temperatures were collected and compared with data from weather balloons. A correlation between clear-sky temperatures and precipitable water measurements from weather balloons was found. This means that citizen scientists can collect data.
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