The SPARC water vapour assessment II: biases and drifts of water vapour satellite data records with respect to frost point hygrometer records

Kiefer, Michael and Hurst, Dale F. and Stiller, Gabriele P. and Lossow, Stefan and Vömel, Holger and Anderson, John and Azam, Faiza and Bertaux, Jean-Loup and Blanot, Laurent and Bramstedt, Klaus and Burrows, John P. and Damadeo, Robert and Dinelli, Bianca Maria and Eriksson, Patrick and García-Comas, Maya and Gille, John C. and Hervig, Mark and Kasai, Yasuko and Khosrawi, Farahnaz and Murtagh, Donal and Nedoluha, Gerald E. and Noël, Stefan and Raspollini, Piera and Read, William G. and Rosenlof, Karen H. and Rozanov, Alexei and Sioris, Christopher E. and Sugita, Takafumi and von Clarmann, Thomas and Walker, Kaley A. and Weigel, Katja (2023) The SPARC water vapour assessment II: biases and drifts of water vapour satellite data records with respect to frost point hygrometer records. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 16 (19), pp. 4589-4642. Copernicus Publications. doi: 10.5194/amt-16-4589-2023. ISSN 1867-1381.

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Abstract

We quantify biases and drifts (and their uncertainties) between the stratospheric water vapor measurement records of 15 satellite-based instruments (SATs, with 31 different retrievals) and balloon-borne frost point hygrometers (FPs) launched at 27 globally distributed stations. These comparisons of measurements during the period 2000-2016 are made using robust, consistent statistical methods. With some exceptions, the biases and drifts determined for most SAT-FP pairs are smaller 10 percent and smaller 1 percent per year.

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https://elib.dlr.de/198481/

Document Type:

Article

Title:

The SPARC water vapour assessment II: biases and drifts of water vapour satellite data records with respect to frost point hygrometer records

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Kiefer, Michael	KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hurst, Dale F.	NOAA Boulder, Colorado, USA	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-2322	UNSPECIFIED
Stiller, Gabriele P.	KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2883-6873	UNSPECIFIED
Lossow, Stefan	KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2833-0522	UNSPECIFIED
Vömel, Holger	NCAR, Boulder, CO, USA	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1223-3429	UNSPECIFIED
Anderson, John	Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Azam, Faiza	Universität Bremen, (IUP), Bremen, Germany, DLR Oldenburg, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Bertaux, Jean-Loup	LATMOS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0333-229X	UNSPECIFIED
Blanot, Laurent	ACRI-ST, Guyancourt, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Bramstedt, Klaus	Universität Bremen (IUP), Bremen, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0941-6937	UNSPECIFIED
Burrows, John P.	Universität Bremen (IUP), Bremen, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1547-8130	UNSPECIFIED
Damadeo, Robert	NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1466-839X	UNSPECIFIED
Dinelli, Bianca Maria	ISAC-CNR, Bologna, Italy	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1218-0008	UNSPECIFIED
Eriksson, Patrick	Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8475-0479	UNSPECIFIED
García-Comas, Maya	Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC, Granada, Spain	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2323-4486	UNSPECIFIED
Gille, John C.	NCAR, Boulder, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hervig, Mark	GATS Inc., Driggs, Idaho, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Kasai, Yasuko	NICT, Terahertz Technology Research Center, Tokyo, Japan	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Khosrawi, Farahnaz	KIT, Karlsruhe and FZ Jülich, Jülich, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0261-7253	UNSPECIFIED
Murtagh, Donal	Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1539-3559	UNSPECIFIED
Nedoluha, Gerald E.	Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Noël, Stefan	Universität Bremen (IUP), Bremen, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5216-9110	UNSPECIFIED
Raspollini, Piera	IFAC-CNR, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5408-1809	UNSPECIFIED
Read, William G.	Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Rosenlof, Karen H.	NOAA, Boulder, Colorado, USA	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0903-8270	UNSPECIFIED
Rozanov, Alexei	Universität Bremen (IUP), Bremen, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4525-3223	UNSPECIFIED
Sioris, Christopher E.	York University, Toronto, Canada	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Sugita, Takafumi	ENational Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-7040	UNSPECIFIED
von Clarmann, Thomas	KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Walker, Kaley A.	University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3420-9454	UNSPECIFIED
Weigel, Katja	Universität Bremen, IUP, Bremen, Germany and DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6133-7801	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

12 October 2023

Journal or Publication Title:

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

Yes

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

DOI:

10.5194/amt-16-4589-2023

Page Range:

pp. 4589-4642

Publisher:

Copernicus Publications

ISSN:

1867-1381

Status:

Published

Keywords:

stratospheric water vapour; satellite data records; biases; balloon-borne frost point hygrometers

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Earth Observation

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EO - Earth Observation

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Atmospheric and climate research

Location:

Oberpfaffenhofen

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Earth System Model Evaluation and Analysis

Deposited By:

Weigel, Katja

Deposited On:

26 Oct 2023 09:49

Last Modified:

27 Oct 2023 09:00

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