タイトル | The water vapour budget of the stratosphere studied using LIMS and SAMS satellite data |
著者(英) | Zavody, A. M.; Pyle, J. A.; Russell, J. M., III; Jones, R. L.; Harries, J. E. |
著者所属(英) | Science Research Council|NASA Langley Research Center|Oxford Univ. |
発行日 | 1986-10-01 |
言語 | eng |
内容記述 | Monthly zonal mean observations of H2O and CH4 made by the limb infrared monitor of the stratosphere and the stratospheric and mesospheric sounder instruments on Nimbus 7 have been used to investigate whether the H2O mixing ratios in the stratosphere are consistent with a source via the oxidation of CH4. While both sets of data show considerable seasonally varying structure, total hydrogen (neglecting molecular hydrogen) is relatively featureless with a mean value over the stratosphere of 6.0 + or - 0.35 ppmm(1sigma) for the five-month period studied. The uniformity of the total hydrogen fields points to the validity of the CH4 oxidation hypothesis. The derived fields of total hydrogen are used to deduce a mean H2O mixing ratio for air as it enters the stratosphere of 2.7 + or - 0.35 ppmv (1sigma) from which a desiccation temperature may be deduced. |
NASA分類 | METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY |
レポートNO | 87A24655 |
権利 | Copyright |
URI | https://repository.exst.jaxa.jp/dspace/handle/a-is/379854 |