Water vapor and cloud water measurements over Darwin during the STEP 1987 tropical mission
- 20 May 1993
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
- Vol. 98 (D5) , 8713-8723
- https://doi.org/10.1029/92jd02526
Abstract
Measurements of stratospheric and upper tropospheric cloud water plus water vapor (total water) and water vapor were made with two Lyman α hygrometers as part of the STEP tropical experiment. The in situ measurements were made in the Darwin, Australia, area in January and February of 1987 on an ER‐2 aircraft. Average stratospheric water vapor at a potential temperature of 375 K (the average value of θ at the tropopause) was 2.4 parts per million by volume (ppmv). This water mixing ratio is below the 3.0 to 4.0 ppmv necessary to be consistent with the observed upper stratospheric dryness. Saturation with respect to ice and the potential for dehydration was observed up to θ = 402 K.Keywords
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