The statistical distribution law of relative humidity in the global tropopause region

Cloud cleared Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) data of upper tropospheric humidity are evaluated in order to determine the global statistics of relative humidity with respect to ice, RHi. The evaluation is performed for the 215 hPa level, in order to compare the results with earlier results from the Mea...

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Main Authors: Peter Spichtinger, Klaus Gierens, William Read
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2002-05-01
Series:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2002/0011-0083