Articles | Volume 22, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10603-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10603-2022
Research article
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19 Aug 2022
Research article |  | 19 Aug 2022

Analysis of global trends of total column water vapour from multiple years of OMI observations

Christian Borger, Steffen Beirle, and Thomas Wagner

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on acp-2022-149', Kevin Trenberth, 03 Mar 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on acp-2022-149', Chunlüe Zhou, 06 Apr 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Christian Borger on behalf of the Authors (12 Jul 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Jul 2022) by Farahnaz Khosrawi
ED: Publish as is (29 Jul 2022) by Farahnaz Khosrawi
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Short summary
In this study, we analyse trends of total column water vapour (TCWV) using multiple years of satellite observations and find, on the global average, an increase in the TCWV amount by about 0.21 % per year. Further investigations of the hydrological cycle reveal that the assumption of temporally invariant relative humidity is not always fulfilled and that the response of the global water vapour turnover time to global warming is 2 to 3 times higher than previously reported values.
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