Articles | Volume 18, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8331-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8331-2018
Research article
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14 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 14 Jun 2018

Trend differences in lower stratospheric water vapour between Boulder and the zonal mean and their role in understanding fundamental observational discrepancies

Stefan Lossow, Dale F. Hurst, Karen H. Rosenlof, Gabriele P. Stiller, Thomas von Clarmann, Sabine Brinkop, Martin Dameris, Patrick Jöckel, Doug E. Kinnison, Johannes Plieninger, David A. Plummer, Felix Ploeger, William G. Read, Ellis E. Remsberg, James M. Russell, and Mengchu Tao

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AR by Stefan Lossow on behalf of the Authors (22 Apr 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 May 2018) by Stefan Buehler
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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 May 2018)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (09 May 2018) by Stefan Buehler
AR by Stefan Lossow on behalf of the Authors (13 May 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (17 May 2018) by Stefan Buehler
AR by Stefan Lossow on behalf of the Authors (17 May 2018)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Trend estimates of lower stratospheric H2O derived from the FPH observations at Boulder and a merged zonal mean satellite data set clearly differ for the time period from the late 1980s to 2010. We investigate if a sampling bias between Boulder and the zonal mean around the Boulder latitude can explain these trend discrepancies. Typically they are small and not sufficient to explain the trend discrepancies in the observational database.
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