Upper-troposphere and lower-stratosphere water vapor retrievals from the 1400 and 1900 nm water vapor bands

Kindel, B. C.; Pilewskie, P.; Schmidt, K. S.; Thornberry, T.; Rollins, A.; Bui, T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1147-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1147-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1147-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 3

Research article

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09 Mar 2015

Research article |

| 09 Mar 2015

Upper-troposphere and lower-stratosphere water vapor retrievals from the 1400 and 1900 nm water vapor bands

B. C. Kindel, P. Pilewskie, K. S. Schmidt, T. Thornberry, A. Rollins, and T. Bui

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Final revised paper (published on 09 Mar 2015)
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RC C3490: 'Review for manuscript Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 7, 10221–10248, 2014 by Kindel et al.,', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Nov 2014
- AC C4349: 'Response to Reviewer Number 1', Bruce Kindel, 31 Dec 2014
RC C4067: 'Upper-troposphere and lower-stratosphere water vapor retrievals from the 1400 and 1900 nm water bands, Kindel, et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Dec 2014
- AC C4354: 'Response to Reviewer Number 2', Bruce Kindel, 31 Dec 2014

Short summary

Measurements of upper tropospheric-lower stratospheric water vapor amounts in the tropics were made using the 1400 and 1900nm water vapor bands present in airborne solar spectral irradiance data. These were validated with radiative transfer modeling using in situ profiles of water vapor, temperature, and pressure. An approach to extending these types of measurements from aircraft altitudes to the top of the atmosphere to infer stratospheric water vapor amount is outlined.