TROPICAL STRATOSPHERIC WATER-VAPOR MEASURED BY THE MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER (MLS)

被引:18
作者
CARR, ES
HARWOOD, RS
MOTE, PW
PECKHAM, GE
SUTTIE, RA
LAHOZ, WA
ONEILL, A
FROIDEVAUX, L
JARNOT, RF
READ, WG
WATERS, JW
SWINBANK, R
机构
[1] HERIOT WATT UNIV,DEPT PHYS,EDINBURGH,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
[2] UNIV READING,DEPT METEOROL,READING,BERKS,ENGLAND
[3] CALTECH,JET PROP LAB,PASADENA,CA
[4] METEOROL OFF,DIV CR,BRACKNELL RB12 2SZ,BERKS,ENGLAND
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10.1029/95GL00626
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
摘要
The lower stratospheric variability of equatorial water vapor, measured by the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS), follows an annual cycle modulated by the quasi-biennial oscillation. At levels higher in the stratosphere, water vapor measurements exhibit a semiannual oscillatory signal with the largest amplitudes at 2.2 and 1hPa. Zonal-mean cross sections of MLS water vapour are consistent with previous satellite measurements from the LIMS and SAGE II instruments in that they show water vapor increasing upwards and pole-wards from a well defined minimum in the tropics. The minimum values vary in height between the retrieved 46 and 22hPa pressure levels.
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