Comparison of global observations and trends of total precipitable water derived from microwave radiometers and COSMIC radio occultation from 2006 to 2013

Ho, Shu-Peng; Peng, Liang; Mears, Carl; Anthes, Richard A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-259-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-259-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-259-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 1

Research article

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10 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 10 Jan 2018

Comparison of global observations and trends of total precipitable water derived from microwave radiometers and COSMIC radio occultation from 2006 to 2013

Shu-Peng Ho, Liang Peng, Carl Mears, and Richard A. Anthes

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Final revised paper (published on 10 Jan 2018)
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RC1: 'Referee Report', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Sep 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Shu-Peng Ho, 09 Nov 2017
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- AC2: 'Response to Review #2', Shu-Peng Ho, 09 Nov 2017

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ED: Publish as is (21 Nov 2017) by Qiang Fu

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Short summary

In this study, we compare 7 years of atmospheric total precipitable water (TPW) derived from multiple microwave radiometers to collocated TPW estimates derived from COSMIC radio occultation under various atmospheric conditions over the oceans. Results show that these two TPW trends from independent observations are larger than previous estimates and are a strong indication of the positive water vapor–temperature feedback on a warming planet.