dc.contributor |
Háskóli Íslands |
dc.contributor |
University of Iceland |
dc.contributor.author |
Stevens, Bjorn |
dc.contributor.author |
Brogniez, Hélène |
dc.contributor.author |
Kiemle, Christoph |
dc.contributor.author |
Lacour, Jean-Lionel |
dc.contributor.author |
Crevoisier, Cyril |
dc.contributor.author |
Kiliani, Johannes |
dc.date.accessioned |
2020-08-26T15:02:27Z |
dc.date.available |
2020-08-26T15:02:27Z |
dc.date.issued |
2017-07-26 |
dc.identifier.citation |
Stevens, B., Brogniez, H., Kiemle, C. et al. Structure and Dynamical Influence of Water Vapor in the Lower Tropical Troposphere. Surv Geophys 38, 1371–1397 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-017-9420-8 |
dc.identifier.issn |
0169-3298 |
dc.identifier.issn |
1573-0956 (eISSN) |
dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2026 |
dc.description |
Publisher's version (útgefin grein) |
dc.description.abstract |
In situ, airborne and satellite measurements are used to characterize the structure of water vapor in the lower tropical troposphere—below the height, z∗, of the triple-point isotherm, T∗. The measurements are evaluated in light of understanding of how lower-tropospheric water vapor influences clouds, convection and circulation, through both radiative and thermodynamic effects. Lower-tropospheric water vapor, which concentrates in the first few kilometers above the boundary layer, controls the radiative cooling profile of the boundary layer and lower troposphere. Elevated moist layers originating from a preferred level of convective detrainment induce a profile of radiative cooling that drives circulations which reinforce such features. A theory for this preferred level of cumulus termination is advanced, whereby the difference between T∗ and the temperature at which primary ice forms gives a ‘first-mover advantage’ to glaciating cumulus convection, thereby concentrating the regions of the deepest convection and leading to more clouds and moisture near the triple point. A preferred level of convective detrainment near T∗ implies relative humidity reversals below z∗ which are difficult to identify using retrievals from satellite-borne microwave and infrared sounders. Isotopologues retrievals provide a hint of such features and their ability to constrain the structure of the vertical humidity profile merits further study. Nonetheless, it will likely remain challenging to resolve dynamically important aspects of the vertical structure of water vapor from space using only passive sensors. |
dc.description.sponsorship |
Open access funding provided by Max Planck Society. This paper arises from the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) workshop on “Shallow clouds and water vapor, circulation and climate sensitivity”. The NARVAL campaign was co-sponsored by the Max Planck Society, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Science Foundation, project HALO-SPP 1294) and the DLR Institute of Atmospheric Physics. Jean-Lionel Lacour is grateful to the CNES for postdoctoral funding. P-E Kirstetter (NOAA NSSL) and C. Dufour (LATMOS) are acknowledged for their help on the SAPHIR data. The CNES and CNRS are gratefully acknowledged for the financial support to the scientific activity of the Megha-Tropiques mission. The ICARE group is also acknowledged for realizing the ground segment of the mission: The data are available at http://www.icare.univ-lille1.fr/mt. Brian E. Mapes and an anonymous reviewer are thanked for their constructive comments on an earlier version of this paper. |
dc.format.extent |
1371-1397 |
dc.language.iso |
en |
dc.publisher |
Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Surveys in Geophysics;38(6) |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.subject |
Water vapor |
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Convection |
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Atmospheric circulation |
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Ice initiation |
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Remote sensing |
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Atmospheric measurements |
dc.subject |
Clouds |
dc.subject |
Fjarkönnun |
dc.subject |
Skýjafar |
dc.subject |
Veðrahvolf |
dc.title |
Structure and Dynamical Influence of Water Vapor in the Lower Tropical Troposphere |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dcterms.license |
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
dc.description.version |
Peer reviewed |
dc.identifier.journal |
Surveys in Geophysics |
dc.identifier.doi |
10.1007/s10712-017-9420-8 |
dc.contributor.department |
Jarðvísindastofnun (HÍ) |
dc.contributor.department |
Institute of Earth Sciences (UI) |
dc.contributor.school |
Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ) |
dc.contributor.school |
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI) |