Gierens, Klaus and Eleftheratos, Kostas and Shi, L. (2014) Technical Note: 30 years of HIRS data of upper tropospheric humidity. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, pp. 7533-7541. Copernicus Publications. doi: 10.5194/acp-14-7533-2014. ISSN 1680-7316.
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Abstract
We use 30 years of intercalibrated HIRS (High- Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder) data to produce a 30-year data set of upper tropospheric humidity with respect to ice (UTHi). Since the required brightness temperatures (channels 12 and 6, T12 and T6) are intercalibrated to different versions of the HIRS sensors (HIRS/2 and HIRS/4) it is necessary to convert the channel 6 brightness temperatures which are intercalibrated to HIRS/4 into equivalent brightness temperatures intercalibrated to HIRS/2, which is achieved using a linear regression. Using the new regression coefficients we produce daily files of UTHi, T12 and T6, for each NOAA satellite and METOP-A (Meteorological Operational Satellite Programme), which carry the HIRS instrument. From this we calculate daily and monthly means in 2.5°×2.5° resolution for the northern midlatitude zone 30°–60°N. As a first application we calculate decadal means of UTHi and the brightness temperatures for the two decades 1980–1989 and 2000–2009. We find that the humidity mainly increased from the 1980s to the 2000s and that this increase is highly statistically significant in large regions of the considered midlatitude belt. The main reason for this result and its statistical significance is the corresponding increase of the T12 variance. Changes of the mean brightness temperatures are less significant.
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Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||||||
Additional Information: | Die Veröffentlichung resultiert aus einer Kooperation im Rahmen von DAAD | ||||||||||||||||
Title: | Technical Note: 30 years of HIRS data of upper tropospheric humidity | ||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 28 July 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | ||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.5194/acp-14-7533-2014 | ||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 7533-7541 | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Copernicus Publications | ||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1680-7316 | ||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | Satellite data, intercalibration, upper tropospheric humidity | ||||||||||||||||
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 Modelling | ||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Gierens, Dr.rer.nat. Klaus Martin | ||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 28 Jul 2014 16:41 | ||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2023 13:06 |
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