Abstract
Instantaneous measurements of the upper tropospheric relative humidity from GOES are shown to agree to within roughly 6% of the nearest lidar observations and 9% of the nearest CLASS observations. The CLASS data exhibit a slight yet systematic dry bias in upper tropospheric humidity, a result which is consistent with previous radiosonde intercomparisons. The upper tropospheric humidity inferred from the GOES 6.7-μm channel is demonstrated to agree to within roughly 5% of the relative humidity vertically averaged over the depth of atmosphere to which the 6.7-μm channel is sensitive. The results of this study encourage the use of satellite measurements in the 6.7-μm channel to quantitatively describe the distribution and temporal evolution of the upper tropospheric humidity field. -from Authors
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 21,005-21,016 |
Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research |
Volume | 99 |
Issue number | D10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1994 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geophysics
- Forestry
- Oceanography
- Aquatic Science
- Ecology
- Water Science and Technology
- Soil Science
- Geochemistry and Petrology
- Earth-Surface Processes
- Atmospheric Science
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Space and Planetary Science
- Palaeontology