Articles | Volume 9, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2241-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2241-2016
Research article
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20 May 2016
Research article |  | 20 May 2016

A microwave satellite water vapour column retrieval for polar winter conditions

Christopher Perro, Glen Lesins, Thomas J. Duck, and Maria Cadeddu

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A new microwave satellite water vapour retrieval method for use in the Arctic winter has been developed that uses auxiliary information for atmospheric conditions. When compared to ground-based measurements, the new retrieval has a smaller root mean square deviation than other satellite measurement techniques and can produce high-resolution pan-Arctic water vapour column maps.