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Research article
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14 Jun 2018
Research article |
| 14 Jun 2018
| 14 Jun 2018
Trend differences in lower stratospheric water vapour between Boulder and the zonal mean and their role in understanding fundamental observational discrepancies
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Meteorology and
Climate Research, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Leopoldshafen,
Germany
Dale F. Hurst
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring
Division, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Karen H. Rosenlof
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring
Division, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Gabriele P. Stiller
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Meteorology and
Climate Research, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Leopoldshafen,
Germany
Thomas von Clarmann
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Meteorology and
Climate Research, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Leopoldshafen,
Germany
Sabine Brinkop
Deutsches Zentrum
für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der
Atmosphäre, 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling, Germany
Martin Dameris
Deutsches Zentrum
für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der
Atmosphäre, 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling, Germany
Patrick Jöckel
Deutsches Zentrum
für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der
Atmosphäre, 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling, Germany
Doug E. Kinnison
University of Colorado, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations &
Modeling Laboratory, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80305-3000, USA
Johannes Plieninger
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Meteorology and
Climate Research, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Leopoldshafen,
Germany
David A. Plummer
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Climate Research Branch,
550 Sherbrooke ouest, Montréal, Québec H3A 1B9, Canada
Felix Ploeger
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute for Energy and Climate
Research: Stratosphere (IEK–7), Leo-Brandt-Straße, 52425 Jülich,
Germany
William G. Read
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena,
CA 91109, USA
Ellis E. Remsberg
NASA Langley Research Center, 21 Langley Boulevard,
Hampton, VA 23681, USA
James M. Russell
Hampton University, Center for Atmospheric
Sciences, 23 Tyler Street, Hampton, VA 23668, USA
Mengchu Tao
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute for Energy and Climate
Research: Stratosphere (IEK–7), Leo-Brandt-Straße, 52425 Jülich,
Germany
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Latest update: 29 May 2025
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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