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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1093-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1093-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Review article
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15 Jun 2018
Review article |
| 15 Jun 2018
The GEWEX Water Vapor Assessment archive of water vapour products from satellite observations and reanalyses
Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Deutscher Wetterdienst, 63067
Offenbach, Germany
Maarit Lockhoff
Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Deutscher Wetterdienst, 63067
Offenbach, Germany
Frank Fell
Informus GmbH, Berlin, Germany
John Forsythe
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado
State University, Fort Collins CO, USA
Tim Trent
Earth Observation Science,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester,
University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
National Centre for Earth
Observation, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester,
University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
Ralf Bennartz
Earth & Environmental
Sciences Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, USA
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Space
Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin –
Madison, USA
Eva Borbas
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Space
Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin –
Madison, USA
Michael G. Bosilovich
Global Modelling and Assimilation Office, Goddard
Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Greenbelt MD, USA
Elisa Castelli
Institute of Atmospheric
Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy, Bologna, Italy
Hans Hersbach
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK
Misako Kachi
Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency, Tsukuba, Japan
Shinya Kobayashi
Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan
E. Robert Kursinski
Space Sciences and Engineering, Golden CO, USA
Diego Loyola
Remote
Sensing Technology Institute, German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen,
Germany
Carl Mears
Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa CA, USA
Rene Preusker
Institute for Space Sciences, Free University of Berlin, Berlin,
Germany
William B. Rossow
CUNY Remote Sensing Science and Technology Institute,
City College of New York, New York NY, USA
Suranjana Saha
Environmental Modeling
Center, NCEP/NWS/NOAA, NCWCP, College Park MD, USA
Data sets
The GEWEX water vapor assessment archive of water vapour products from satellites and reanalyses M. Schröder, M. Lockhoff, F. Fell, J. Forsythe, T. Trent, R. Bennartz, E. Borbas, M. G. Bosilovich, E. Castelli, H. Hersbach, M. Kachi, S. Kobayashi, D. Loyola, C. Mears, R. Preusker, W. B. Rossow, and S. Saha https://doi.org/10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/GVAP/V001
Short summary
This publication presents results achieved within the GEWEX Water Vapor Assessment (G-VAP). An overview of available water vapour data records based on satellite observations and reanalysis is given. If a minimum temporal coverage of 10 years is applied, 22 data records remain. These form the G-VAP data archive, which contains total column water vapour, specific humidity profiles and temperature profiles. The G-VAP data archive is designed to ease intercomparison and climate model evaluation.
This publication presents results achieved within the GEWEX Water Vapor Assessment (G-VAP). An...
