Latitudinal survey of water vapor in the middle atmosphere using an airborne millimeter wave sensor

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Oct 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988georl..15.1173p&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 15, Oct. 1988, p. 1173-1176.

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Airborne Equipment, Middle Atmosphere, Water Vapor, Latitude, Millimeter Waves, Vertical Distribution

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The vertical water profile over the altitude range of 20-70 km has been determined, using airborne mm-wave sensor measurements of the rotational transition at 181.31 GHz. The measurements were made in December 1986 between 45 and 75 degrees N. At midlatitudes, the results showed water vapor mixing ratios between 3.5 and 5 ppmv with a maximum at 50 km. At high latitude, the values decreased to less than 2.5 ppmv in the lower mesosphere. It is suggested that this decrease is caused by strong downward directed transport of mesospheric air.

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