Is there a solar signal in lower stratospheric water vapour?

Schieferdecker, T.; Lossow, S.; Stiller, G. P.; von Clarmann, T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9851-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9851-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9851-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 17

Research article

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02 Sep 2015

Research article |

| 02 Sep 2015

Is there a solar signal in lower stratospheric water vapour?

T. Schieferdecker, S. Lossow, G. P. Stiller, and T. von Clarmann

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Final revised paper (published on 02 Sep 2015)
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SC C2714: 'Interactive comments on “A solar signal in lower stratospheric water vapour?” by T. Schieferdecker et al.', Kai Zhang, 18 May 2015
- AC C2973: 'Reply to the Comment by K. Zhang', Thomas von Clarmann, 26 May 2015
RC C2854: 'Review of ACP-2015-201', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 May 2015
RC C3380: 'Review Schieferdecker et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Jun 2015
AC C4958: 'Final Author Reply to all reviews/comments', Thomas von Clarmann, 16 Jul 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Thomas von Clarmann on behalf of the Authors (06 Aug 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Aug 2015) by Martin Dameris

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (17 Aug 2015)

ED: Publish as is (18 Aug 2015) by Martin Dameris

AR by Thomas von Clarmann on behalf of the Authors (20 Aug 2015) Manuscript

Short summary

A merged data set of HALOE and MIPAS lower stratospheric water vapour has been constructed. Multivariate linear regression shows that the merged time series can best be explained if a proxy for the 11-year solar cycle is considered. The amplitude of the solar cycle signal in water vapour is slightly higher than that which can be explained by the known solar cycle variation of cold-point temperatures.