Recent divergences in stratospheric water vapor measurements by frost point
hygrometers and the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder

Hurst, Dale F.; Read, William G.; Vömel, Holger; Selkirk, Henry B.; Rosenlof, Karen H.; Davis, Sean M.; Hall, Emrys G.; Jordan, Allen F.; Oltmans, Samuel J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4447-2016

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Water vapour in the upper troposphere and middle atmosphere:...

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4447-2016

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08 Sep 2016

Research article |

| 08 Sep 2016

Recent divergences in stratospheric water vapor measurements by frost point hygrometers and the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder

Dale F. Hurst, William G. Read, Holger Vömel, Henry B. Selkirk, Karen H. Rosenlof, Sean M. Davis, Emrys G. Hall, Allen F. Jordan, and Samuel J. Oltmans

Data sets

FPH data for Boulder, Hilo and Lauder NOAA ftp://ftp.cmdl.noaa.gov/data/ozwv/WaterVapor

FP data for Lindenberg, Boulder, Hilo, San José and Lauder GCOS Reference Upper Air Network http://www.gruan.org

FP data for Lindenberg, Boulder, Hilo, San José and Lauder Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change http://www. 60 ndsc.ncep.noaa.gov

MLS version 3.3 data Aura Validation Data Center http://avdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/satellite/Aura/MLS/V03/L2GPOVP/H2O

MLS 4.2 overpass data Aura Validation Data Center http://avdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/satellite/Aura/MLS/V04/L2GPOVP/H2O

Short summary

This study compares stratospheric water vapor measurements by the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder...