Validation of the Harvard Lyman-a in situ water vapor instrument: Implications for the mechanisms that control stratospheric water vapor

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Weinstoek, E M ^a   Smith, J B ^a   Sayres, D S ^a   Pittman, J V ^b   Spackman, J R ^c,d   Hintsa, E J ^d   Hanisco, T F ^e   Moyer, E J ^f   St Clair, J M ^g   Sargent, M R ^a   Anderson, J G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; CALIBRATION; EXPERIMENTS; HYGROMETERS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ION BEAMS; MOISTURE METERS; NASA; SATELLITES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER ANALYSIS;

DATA SETS; FROST POINT; HALOGEN OCCULTATION EXPERIMENTS; HARVARD; IN-SITU; INTERCOMPARISONS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIDLATITUDES; PHOTOFRAGMENTS; SEASONAL CYCLE; TROPICAL STRATOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITES; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER VAPOR INSTRUMENTS; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

WATER VAPOR;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MIXING RATIO; NOAA SATELLITE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 72049099308     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012427     Document Type: Article

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