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03 Jun 2026
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Continuing the MLS water vapor record with OMPS LP using neural networks
Michael D. Himes
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Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Natalya A. Kramarova
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Krzysztof Wargan
Science Systems Association, Inc., Lanham, Maryland, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Sean M. Davis
NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Glen Jaross
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
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Irina Petropavlovskikh, Koji Miyagawa, Audra McClure-Beegle, Bryan Johnson, Jeannette Wild, Susan Strahan, Krzysztof Wargan, Richard Querel, Lawrence Flynn, Eric Beach, Gerard Ancellet, and Sophie Godin-Beekmann
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Short summary
Stratospheric water vapor (SWV) influences various atmospheric processes. While the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Limb Profiler (OMPS LP) was not designed to measure SWV, we utilized near-coincident measurements by the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) and OMPS LP to develop a machine learning method to measure SWV between 11.5–40.5 km. The LP-derived SWV closely agrees with MLS. Our results suggest OMPS LP can continue the global water vapor record following the MLS mission.
Stratospheric water vapor (SWV) influences various atmospheric processes. While the Ozone...
