Assessing the consistency of satellite-derived upper tropospheric humidity measurements

Shi, Lei; Schreck III, Carl J.; John, Viju O.; Chung, Eui-Seok; Lang, Theresa; Buehler, Stefan A.; Soden, Brian J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6949-2022

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02 Dec 2022

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Assessing the consistency of satellite-derived upper tropospheric humidity measurements

Lei Shi, Carl J. Schreck III, Viju O. John, Eui-Seok Chung, Theresa Lang, Stefan A. Buehler, and Brian J. Soden

Data sets

CM SAF Microwave Upper Tropospheric Humidity (UTH) Data Record – Edition 1 C. Tsamalis, R. King, E. Good, J. Viju, R. Hollmann, N. Selbach, J. Kaiser, and M. Werscheck https://doi.org/10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/UTH/V001

FIDUCEO: Microwave Upper Troposheric Humidity and Uncertainties, Climate Data Record, 1994-2017 T. Lang, S. Buehler, M. Burgdorf, and I. Hans https://doi.org/10.5285/2083b33b5c3d4cf0acb9a49226789caa

NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Intersatellite Calibrated Clear-Sky HIRS Channel 12 Brightness Temperature L. Shi and NOAA CDR Program https://doi.org/10.25921/zqqa-ks18

Short summary

Four upper tropospheric humidity (UTH) datasets derived from satellite microwave and infrared sounders are evaluated to assess their consistency as part of the activities for the Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) water vapor assessment project. The study shows that the four datasets are consistent in the interannual temporal and spatial variability of the tropics. However, differences are found in the magnitudes of the anomalies and in the changing rates during the common period.