SUB-SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN LOWER STRATOSPHERIC WATER-VAPOR

Authors
MOTE PW DUNKERTON TJ PUMPHREY HC
Citation
Pw. Mote et al., SUB-SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN LOWER STRATOSPHERIC WATER-VAPOR, Geophysical research letters, 25(13), 1998, pp. 2445-2448
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
25
Issue
13
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2445 - 2448
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1998)25:13<2445:SVILSW>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Observations of water vapor with high temporal and spatial resolution and good horizontal coverage just above the tropical tropopause have b een scarce, but a preliminary version of such data has been developed using radiance measurements of the Microwave Limb Sunder. These data r eveal distinct variations with periods in the ranges 10-25 days and 30 -70 days, consistent with (respectively) slow Kelvin waves and the tro pical intraseasonal oscillation.