Recent changes in tropospheric water vapor over the Arctic as assessed from radiosondes and atmospheric reanalyses

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Serreze, Mark C ^a   Barrett, Andrew P ^a   Stroeve, Julienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; RADIOSONDES; SEA ICE; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS;

850-HPA; AIR TEMPERATURE; BARENTS SEA; CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; CHUKCHI SEA; COLD SEASON; DATA STREAM; DECADAL VARIABILITY; GREENLAND; HIGH LATITUDES; INTERANNUAL; NORTH ATLANTIC; POLAR CAP; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SEA ICE EXTENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE BIAS; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARTIFACT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; HUMIDITY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; POLAR REGION; RADIOSONDE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84861444480     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017421     Document Type: Article

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