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) |
|---|---|
| Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | D10 |
| State | Published - 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Comparison of upper tropospheric water vapor from GOES, Raman lidar, and cross-chain loran atmospheric sounding system measurements. / Soden, Brian J; Ackerman, S. A.; Starr, D. O.; Melfi, S. H.; Ferrare, R. A.
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T1 - Comparison of upper tropospheric water vapor from GOES, Raman lidar, and cross-chain loran atmospheric sounding system measurements
AU - Soden, Brian J
AU - Ackerman, S. A.
AU - Starr, D. O.
AU - Melfi, S. H.
AU - Ferrare, R. A.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - 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
AB - 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
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VL - 99
JO - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
JF - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
SN - 2169-9275
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