Satellite remote sounding of atmospheric boundary layer temperature inversions over the subtropical eastern Pacific

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Sep 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3117102f&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 17, CiteID L17102

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Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Boundary Layer Processes, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Remote Sensing, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Ocean/Atmosphere Interactions (0312, 4504)

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We describe atmospheric temperature inversions and height-resolved water vapor fields over the wintertime subtropical northeastern Pacific Ocean in observations by the satellite-borne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) experiment. A comparison with model analyses shows good agreement in temperature. Water vapor comparisons with operational radiosondes at four sites in California and Hawaii during December 2002-January 2003 have low biases in the 1000-700 and 700-500 hPa layers. Maps of inversion frequency, and, water vapor at 1000-700 and 700-500 hPa over the subtropical northeast Pacific during 1-16 January 2003-when high pressure and clear conditions prevail-show inversions occurring at a local minimum in water vapor at 1000-700 hPa. Water vapor at 700-500 hPa has a broad minimum extending from Baja California to Hawaii, with inversions found on its eastern half. These observations illustrate the potential of the AIRS data for describing a climatology of temperature and water vapor in subtropical oceanic regions.

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