Tropical stratospheric water vapor measured by the microwave limb sounder (MLS)
Journal Article
·
· Geophysical Research Letters
- Univ. of Edinburgh (United Kingdom); and others
The lower stratospheric variability of equatorial water vapor, measured by the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS), follows an annual cycle modulated by the quasi-biennial oscillation. At levels higher in the stratosphere, water vapor measurements exhibit a semiannual oscillatory signal with the largest amplitudes at 2.2 and 1hPa. Zonal-mean cross sections of MLS water vapour are consistent with previous satellite measurements from the LIMS and SAGE II instruments in that they show water vapor increasing upwards and pole-wards from a well defined minimum in the tropics. The minimum values vary in height between the retreived 46 and 22hPa pressure levels.
- OSTI ID:
- 102677
- Journal Information:
- Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 22, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: 15 Mar 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
One: Microphysics of frost metamorphism: Applications to Triton and Mars. Two: A global analysis of the ozone deficit in the upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere. Three: The diabatic circulation in the stratosphere as diagnosed from Microwave Limb Sounder data
Global ozone observations from the UARS MLS: An overview of zonal-mean results
Intercomparison of stratospheric water vapor observed by satellite experiments: Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II versus Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere and Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy
Miscellaneous
·
Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993
·
OSTI ID:102677
Global ozone observations from the UARS MLS: An overview of zonal-mean results
Journal Article
·
Sat Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1994
· Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
·
OSTI ID:102677
+3 more
Intercomparison of stratospheric water vapor observed by satellite experiments: Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II versus Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere and Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy
Journal Article
·
Sat Mar 20 00:00:00 EST 1993
· Journal of Geophysical Research; (United States)
·
OSTI ID:102677
+4 more