Balloon-borne observations of mid-latitude stratospheric water vapour: comparisons with HALOE and MLS satellite data

Autor: Gwenaël Berthet, Bertrand Gaubicher, Mélanie Ghysels, Georges Durry, Jean-Baptiste Renard, Nadir Amarouche
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace ( LPC2E ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université d'Orléans ( UO ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ), Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology [Gaithersburg] ( NIST ), Groupe de spectrométrie moléculaire et atmosphérique - UMR 7331 ( GSMA ), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne ( URCA ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers ( INSU/SPU ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), ANR-10-LABX-100-01/10-LABX-0100,VOLTAIRE,Geofluids and Volatil elements – Earth, Atmosphere, Interfaces – Resources and Environment ( 2010 ), Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), National Institute of Standards and Technology [Gaithersburg] (NIST), Groupe de spectrométrie moléculaire et atmosphérique (GSMA), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers (INSU/SPU), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-10-LABX-0100,VOLTAIRE,Geofluids and Volatil elements – Earth, Atmosphere, Interfaces – Resources and Environment(2010)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry
Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, Springer Verlag, 2013, 70, pp.197-219. 〈10.1007/s10874-013-9264-7〉
Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, Springer Verlag, 2013, 70, pp.197-219. ⟨10.1007/s10874-013-9264-7⟩
ISSN: 0167-7764
1573-0662
Popis: We present here in situ measurements obtained between 1991 and 2011 in outer-vortex conditions by the ELHYSA balloon-borne frost-point hygrometer. The frost-point hygrometer profiles are used for comparisons with the satellite data from version 19 (v19) and version 3.3 (v3.3) of the HALogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE) and the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) respectively. Potential Vorticity mapping is applied to all data sets to remove contributions of transient tropical intrusions and polar vortex air masses and hence ensure consistent comparisons between the balloon and satellite observations. Our selected balloon in situ observations are too sparse to directly infer mid-latitude stratospheric time series for continuous comparisons with HALOE and MLS records or derive water vapour trends but can be used to validate the satellite data. A mean difference of −0.83 ± 1.58 % (−0.04 ± 0.07 ppmv) is obtained between HALOE v19 data and the balloon frost-point observations (with respect to HALOE) over the 30–80 hPa altitude range. The hygrometer-HALOE differences appear time-dependent as already presented in the literature. The mean difference reaches 2.80 ± 0.96 % (0.13 ± 0.04 ppmv) for MLS v3.3, with MLS systematically wetter than the balloon data reflecting a systematic bias between both datasets. We use our balloon data as reference to provide some information about the HALOE-MLS difference. From post-2000 ELHYSA-HALOE and ELHYSA-MLS comparisons, we find a HALOE-MLS difference matching the expected bias, with MLS v3.3 6.60 ± 2.80 % (0.27 ± 0.11 ppmv) wetter than HALOE v19. From the results obtained from our balloon-satellite data comparisons, we finally discuss the issue about merging the HALOE and MLS data sets to provide stratospheric water vapour trends.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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