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In the Pipeline

    Articles

      2016 Back to top

    1. Chung, E.-S., B. J. Soden, X. Huang, L. Shi, and V. O. John (2016), An assessment of the consistency between satellite measurements of upper tropospheric water vapor, J. Geophys. Res., 121(6), 2874–2887, doi:10.1002/2015JD024496.
    2. Kottayil, A., V. O. John, S. A. Buehler, and K. Mohanakumar (2016), Evaluating the diurnal cycle of upper tropospheric humidity in two different climate models using satellite observations, Rem. Sens., 8(4), 325, doi:10.3390/rs8040325.

      3. 2013 Back to top

    3. Johnston, M. S., S. Eliasson, P. Eriksson R. M. Forbes, K. Wyser, and M. Zelinka (2013), Diagnosing the average spatio-temporal impact of convective systems – Part 1: A methodology for evaluating climate models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12043–12058, doi:10.5194/acp-13-12043-2013.

      4. 2012 Back to top

    4. Johnston, M. S., P. Eriksson, S. Eliasson, C. Jones, R. Forbes, and D. P. Murtagh (2012), The representation of tropical upper tropospheric water in EC Earth V2, Climate Dynamics, 39(11), 2713–2731, doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1511-0.
    5. Kottayil, A., S. A. Buehler, V. O. John, L. M. Miloshevich, M. Milz, and G. Holl (2012), On the importance of Vaisala RS92 radiosonde humidity corrections for a better agreement between measured and modeled satellite radiances, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 29, 248–259, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00080.1.

      6. 2011 Back to top

    6. John, V. O., G. Holl, R. P. Allan, S. A. Buehler, D. E. Parker, and B. J. Soden (2011), Clear-sky biases in satellite infra-red estimates of upper tropospheric humidity and its trends, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D14108, doi:10.1029/2010JD015355.
    7. Thapliyal, P. K., M. V. Shukla, S. Shah, P. K. Pal, P. C. Joshi, and A. Kottayil (2011), An algorithm for the estimation of upper tropospheric humidity from Kalpana observations: Methodology and validation, J. Geophys. Res., 116, 1–16, doi:doi:10.1029/2010JD014291.
    8. Moradi, I., S. A. Buehler, V. O. John, and S. Eliasson (2011), Correction to "Comparing upper tropospheric humidity data from microwave satellite instruments and tropical radiosondes", J. Geophys. Res., 116, D10305, doi:10.1029/2011JD015962.

      9. 2010 Back to top

    9. Moradi, I., S. A. Buehler, V. O. John, and S. Eliasson (2010), Comparing upper tropospheric humidity data from microwave satellite instruments and tropical radiosondes, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D24310, doi:10.1029/2010JD013962.
    10. Xavier, Prince K., V. O. John, S. A. Buehler, R. S. Ajayamohan, and S. Sijikumar (2010), Variability of Indian summer monsoon in a new upper tropospheric humidity data set, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L05705, doi:10.1029/2009GL041861.

      11. 2009 Back to top

    11. Rydberg, B., P. Eriksson, S. A. Buehler, and D. P. Murtagh (2009), Non-Gaussian Bayesian retrieval of tropical upper tropospheric cloud ice and water vapour from Odin-SMR measurements, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 2, 621–637, doi:10.5194/amt-2-621-200.
    12. Milz, M., S. A. Buehler, and V. O. John (2009), Comparison of AIRS and AMSU-B monthly mean estimates of upper tropopsheric humidity, Geophys. Res. Lett., L10804, doi:10.1029/2008GL037068.

      13. 2006 Back to top

    13. John, V. O., S. A. Buehler, and N. Courcoux (2006), A cautionary note on the use of Gaussian statistics in satellite based UTH climatologies, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Let., 3(1), 130–134, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2005.859350.

    Books and Book Contributions

      Theses

        2013 Back to top

      1. Kottayil, A. (2013), Representation and Diurnal Variation of Upper Tropospheric Humidity in Observations and Models, Ph.D. thesis, Luleå University of Technology, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering Division of Space Technology.
      2. Eliasson, S. (2013), Ice clouds in satellite observations and climate models, Ph.D. thesis, Luleå University of Technology, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering Division of Space Technology, ISBN 978-91-7439-544-0 ISSN: 1402-1544.

      Technical Reports and Proposals

        Articles in Conference Proceedings and Newsletters

          2010 Back to top

        1. Moradi, I, S. A. Buehler, and V. O. John (2010), Comparing upper tropospheric humidity from microwave satellite instruments and IGRA radiosonde data, In: Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad), 2010 11th Specialist Meeting on, pp. 146–151, IEEE, doi:10.1109/MICRORAD.2010.5559573.

        Internal Reports

          External references

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          28. Lanzante, J. R. and G. E. Gahrs (2000), The "Clear-Sky Bias" of TOVS Upper-Tropospheric Humidity, J. Climate, 13, 4034–4041.
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