An assessment of the tropical humidity‐temperature covariance using AIRS

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dc.contributor.authorGambacorta, A.
dc.contributor.authorBarnet, C.
dc.contributor.authorSoden, B.
dc.contributor.authorStrow, L.
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-26T15:01:00Z
dc.date.available2018-10-26T15:01:00Z
dc.date.issued2008-05-29
dc.description.abstractWe investigate the horizontal and vertical structure of the covariance between water vapor and temperature in the tropical troposphere, using satellite measurements from the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS). Our analysis reveals large spatial gradients in the local covariance between water vapor and temperature. Positive correlations dominate the tropical lower and upper troposphere, while regions of negative correlation are common in the tropical middle troposphere. While regressions of the tropical mean water vapor and temperature profiles reveal slopes of the same order of magnitude of the Clausius‐Clapeyron regime, the regression of local values can be up to an order of magnitude larger than the Clausius‐Clapeyron prediction. Results from the NOAA GFDL global circulation model are also shown for comparison.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2008GL033805en_US
dc.format.extent5 pagesen_US
dc.genreJournal articleen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2H12VB9K
dc.identifier.citationA. Gambacorta, C. Barnet, B. Soden, L. Strow, An assessment of the tropical humidity‐temperature covariance using AIRS, Geophysical Research Letters/ Volume 35, Issue 10, 2008, https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL033805en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL033805
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/11749
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Unionen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.subjecthumidity‐temperatureen_US
dc.subjecttropical troposophereen_US
dc.subjectcovariance between water vapor and temperatureen_US
dc.subjectAtmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS)en_US
dc.subjectUMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)en_US
dc.titleAn assessment of the tropical humidity‐temperature covariance using AIRSen_US
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