Validation of COSMIC water vapor data in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere using MLS, MERRA and ERA-Interim

• Main Authors: Shangguan, Ming, Matthes, Katja, Wang, Wuke, Wee, Tae-Kwon
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Merra; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2016-248; https://amt.copernicus.org/preprints/amt-2016-248/

Water vapor is the most important greenhouse gas in the atmosphere with important implications not only for the Earth’s radiation and energy budget but also for various chemical, physical and dynamical processes in the stratosphere. The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and...