Operational multi-channel algorithms for deriving sea surface temperature (SST) from satellite data are derived using theoretical models of infrared radiation transfer through the atmosphere or by regression of satellite data with ground-based observations. In both cases the algorithm derivation implies a “first-guess” of the water vapour content along the atmospheric path between the satellite...

We describe the construction of an apparatus for the production of a molecular jet of microhydrated biomolecules. Our design uses a water reservoir producing water vapour, which then passes through a separate reservoir containing a vapour of a sublimated biomolecule. The mixture coexpands into a molecular beam apparatus through a conical nozzle. Mass spectra showing water-adenin and water-uraci...

Validation of water vapour transport in the tropical tropopause region in coupled Chemistry Climate Models S. Kremser, M. Rex, U. Langematz, M. Dameris, and I. Wohltmann Stiftung Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany Institut für Meteorologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, DLR-Oberpfaffenhofen, Wessling, Germany ...

Water vapour and ozone profiles in the midlatitude upper troposphere G. Vaughan, C. Cambridge, L. Dean, and A. W. Phillips Institute of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK Received: 16 September 2004 – Accepted: 8 October 2004 – Published: 15 December 2004 Correspondence to: G. Vaughan ([email protected]) © 2004 Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative...

Atmospheric water vapour effects represent a major limitation of repeat-pass Interferometric SAR (InSAR) techniques including InSAR time series approaches (e.g. permanent scatterers (PS) and small baseline subset (SBAS)). In this paper, it is demonstrated that atmospheric water vapour effects greater than 4 cm can be observed even in desert regions (e.g. Southern California) and the use of MERI...

Aerosol and water vapour measurements were performed with the lidar system WALES of Deutsches Zentrum für Luftund Raumfahrt (DLR) in October and November 2010 during the first mission with the new German research aircraft G55-HALO. Curtains composed of lidar profiles beneath the aircraft show the vertical and horizontal distribution and variability of water vapour mixing ratio and backscatter r...

Global total water vapour columns have been derived from measurements of the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment 2 (GOME-2) on MetOp. For this purpose, the Air Mass Corrected Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (AMC-DOAS) method has been adapted, having previously been applied successfully to GOME (on ERS-2) and SCIAMACHY (SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartog...

The evaluation of nano-particle based products to protect granite surfaces from water income is presented in this paper. Wettability, water absorption, drying behaviour and water vapour transfer were considered as the most relevant parameters for this evaluation. The effect of the application methods on the final performance was also tested. The results allow to consider that nanostructured pro...