Transport of mesospheric H₂O during and after the stratospheric sudden warming of January 2010: Observation and simulation

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Other Authors: Straub, C. (author), Tschanz, B. (author), Hocke, K. (author), Kämpfer, N. (author), Smith, Anne (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; North Pole; Sodankylä
• Online Access: http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-010-772; https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-5413-2012

The transportable ground based microwave radiometer MIAWARA-C monitored the upper stratospheric and lower mesospheric (USLM) water vapor distribution over Sodankylä, Finland (67.4° N, 26.6° E) from January to June 2010. At the end of January, approximately 2 weeks after MIAWARA-C's start of ope...