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Research article
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21 Mar 2016
Research article |
| 21 Mar 2016
Intercomparison of in situ water vapor balloon-borne measurements from Pico-SDLA H2O and FLASH-B in the tropical UTLS
Mélanie Ghysels
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique, UMR CNRS
7331, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039,
51687 Reims CEDEX 2, France
now at: National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Emmanuel D. Riviere
Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique, UMR CNRS
7331, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039,
51687 Reims CEDEX 2, France
Sergey Khaykin
LATMOS, CNRS, Université de Versailles St. Quentin,
Guyancourt, France
Clara Stoeffler
Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique, UMR CNRS
7331, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039,
51687 Reims CEDEX 2, France
Nadir Amarouche
Division technique de l'Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers,
Place Aristide Briand, 92195 Meudon CEDEX 1, France
Jean-Pierre Pommereau
LATMOS, CNRS, Université de Versailles St. Quentin,
Guyancourt, France
Gerhard Held
Instituto de Pesquisas Meteorológicas (IPMet)/ Universidad e Estadual
Paulista (UNESP), CX Postal 281, 17015-970 Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil
Georges Durry
Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique, UMR CNRS
7331, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039,
51687 Reims CEDEX 2, France
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- Micro-Ring Resonator Assisted Photothermal Spectroscopy of Water Vapor M. Kotlyar et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24113679
- The AquaVIT-4 intercomparison of atmospheric hygrometers S. Brunamonti et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-5321-2025
- Evidence of horizontal and vertical transport of water in the Southern Hemisphere tropical tropopause layer (TTL) from high-resolution balloon observations S. Khaykin et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-12273-2016
- On the signatures of local and regional dynamics in the distribution of lower stratospheric water vapour over Indian region using balloon-borne and satellite observations M. Emmanuel et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-023-06749-z
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Short summary
Water vapor in the Earth stratosphere has a significant impact on the climate and the radiative balance. Achieving high-accuracy measurements of humidity in the stratosphere is still far from routine. In this paper, we demonstrate one of the best in situ balloon-borne measurement comparisons from two highly compact spectrometers: Pico-SDLA H2O and FLASH-B.
Water vapor in the Earth stratosphere has a significant impact on the climate and the radiative...
