Studies of stratospheric water vapor, methane and total hydrogen using data from the HALOE experiment on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

Conference · Sun Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:220684

Harries, J E ^[1]; Russell, III, J M ^[2]; Tuck, A F ^[3]; Ruth, S ^[4]

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1. Imperial Coll., London (United Kingdom). Blackett Lab.
2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Hampton, VA (United States). Langley Research Center
3. NOAA, Boulder, CO (United States). Aeronomy Lab.
4. Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton (United Kingdom)

Measurements of stratospheric composition have now been made by the Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE) on board NASA`s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) since October 1991. Among the parameters measured are water vapor, H{sub 2}O, and methane, CH{sub 4}. These species comprise the dominant components of the total hydrogen budget in the lower stratosphere, but not so at higher levels, where the molecular hydrogen, H{sub 2}, component is significant, and at high altitudes is dominant. This paper reports on measurements of the water vapor and hydrogen fields in the stratosphere and mesosphere, and on studies of the derivation of molecular hydrogen in the mesosphere.

• OSTI ID: 220684
• Report Number(s): CONF-9409265--; ISBN 0-8194-1641-X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
HYDROGEN
METHANE
PHOTOCHEMISTRY
REMOTE SENSING
STRATOSPHERE
WATER VAPOR