• DOI:10.1007/S00704-009-0117-X
Corpus ID: 13325162

Trends in middle- and upper-level tropospheric humidity from NCEP reanalysis data

@article{Paltridge2009TrendsIM,
  title={Trends in middle- and upper-level tropospheric humidity from NCEP reanalysis data},
  author={G. Paltridge and A. Arking and Michael J. Pook},
  journal={Theoretical and Applied Climatology},
  year={2009},
  volume={98},
  pages={351-359}
}

G. Paltridge, A. Arking, Michael J. Pook

Published 2009

Environmental Science

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) reanalysis data on tropospheric humidity are examined for the period 1973 to 2007. It is accepted that radiosonde-derived humidity data must be treated with great caution, particularly at altitudes above the 500 hPa pressure level. With that caveat, the face-value 35-year trend in zonal-average annual-average specific humidity q is significantly negative at all altitudes above 850 hPa (roughly the top of the convective boundary layer) in… CONTINUE READING

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