ISSI Scientific Report Series
Roger-Maurice Bonnet · Göran Pilbratt · Alex Zehnder · Anuschka Pauluhn · Arvind Parmar · Celia Sánchez-Fernández · Christoph Aubrecht · David Grinspoon · Dmitri Titov · Eric Quémerais · Erik Kuulkers · Frank Helmich · Guido De Marchi · Guy P. Brasseur · Hermann Lühr · Idir Bouarar · J. Gethyn Timothy · J. Len Culhane · John Zarnecki · Klaus Wilhelm · Lennart Bengtsson · Malcolm Wray Dunlop · Maria Santos-Lleó · Martin C. E. Huber · Martin Snow · Matt Griffin · Niklaus Kämpfer · Norbert Schartel · Pedro García-Lario · Pierre-Philippe Mathieu · Sebastien Lebonnois · Sergio Volonte · Symeon Koumoutsaris · Thijs de Graauw · Vincent Bontems · Vincent Minier · Xuemei Wang
Latest release: December 3, 2024
Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems · Meteorology & Climatology · Natural Resources
Series
8
Books
About this ebook series
Atmospheric water plays a key role in climate. Water vapour is the most important greenhouse gas and its condensed forms exert a profound influence on both incoming solar and outgoing infrared radiation. Unfortunately, accurate, height-resolved global-scale measurements of atmospheric humidity are difficult to obtain. The change in concentration of five orders of magnitude form the ground to the stratosphere means there is no standard instrument that will measure everywhere. This has led to different measuring techniques, all with strengths and weaknesses.
This book assesses all presently available techniques that are used in monitoring networks. Special weight is given to presenting the different technical concepts, the accuracy of different sensor types, addresses calibration issues and retrieval aspects.
This book assesses all presently available techniques that are used in monitoring networks. Special weight is given to presenting the different technical concepts, the accuracy of different sensor types, addresses calibration issues and retrieval aspects.
