SLIDE 1 Holger Vömel (NCAR/EOL)
- H. Selkirk (GESTAR/USRA)
- G. Morris (St. Edwards College)
- J. A. Diaz, E. Corrales (Universidad de Costa Rica)
- J. Valverde (Universidad Nacional)
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Global Monitoring Annual Conference 20 May 2015
10 Years of Water Vapor and Ozone Soundings at Costa Rica
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Different regions in the tropics
From Vömel et al., 2002
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Stratospheric water vapor stations
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Water Vapor and Ozone Sounding (Costa Rica)
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Launch statistics at Costa Rica
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Water Vapor Climatology at Costa Rica
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Water vapor during summer
July 2005 July / Aug 2007 From Selkirk et al. JGR (2010)
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RH (ice) Climatology at Costa Rica
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RH (ice) Climatology at Costa Rica Relative to Tropopause
Altitude relative to mean tropopause [km]
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Seasonal Cycle: Temperature
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Seasonal Cycle: Water Vapor
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Seasonal Cycle: RH Ice
SLIDE 13 Summary
- 10 years of simultaneous water vapor and ozone profiles
- ver Costa Rica
- Tropopause temperature
Monthly mean shows strong seasonal cycle
- Tropopause water vapor mixing ratio
Monthly mean shows strong seasonal cycle (tape recorder)
- Tropopause relative humidity over ice
Monthly mean nearly constant at 100%
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NCAR EOL
