Comparison of Fast in Situ Stratospheric Hygrometer (FISH) measurements of water vapor in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) with ECMWF (re)analysis data

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 10803-10822

  Kunz, A ^a   Spelten, N ^b   Konopka, P ^b   Muller R ^b   Forbes, R M ^c   Wernli, H ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SURVEY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ESTIMATION METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MIXING RATIO; POLAR REGION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84908052469     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-10803-2014     Document Type: Article

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