Comparison of water vapor from observations and models in the Asian Monsoon UTLS region
Abstract
As part of the StratoClim campaign in July/August 2017, the Chicago Water Isotope Spectrometer (ChiWIS) made water vapor measurements from the mid-troposphere through the lower stratosphere (to 21 km altitude). We compare in-situ measurements with remote sensing observations and model projections both to validate measurements and to evalute the added value of high-precision in-situ sampling. Preliminary results and comparison with other StratoClim tracer measurements suggest that the UTLS region is highly structured, beyond what models or satellite instruments can capture, and that ChiWIS accurately captures these variations.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2017
- Bibcode:
- 2017AGUFM.A21I2258S
- Keywords:
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- 0340 Middle atmosphere: composition and chemistry;
- ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE;
- 0341 Middle atmosphere: constituent transport and chemistry;
- ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE;
- 3311 Clouds and aerosols;
- ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES;
- 3375 Tropopause dynamics;
- ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES