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      2017 Back to top

    1. Nehrir, A. R., C. Kiemle, M. D. Lebsock, G. Kirchengast, S. A. Buehler, U. Löhnert, C.-L. Liu, P. Hargrave, M. Barrera-Verdejo, and D. M. Winker (2017), Emerging Technologies and Synergies for Airborne and Space-Based Measurements of Water Vapor Profiles, Sur. Geophy., 1–38, doi:10.1007/s10712-017-9448-9.

      2. 2016 Back to top

    2. 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.
    3. Brogniez, H., S. English, J.-F. Mahfouf, A. Behrendt, W. Berg, S. Boukabara, S. A. Buehler, P. Chambon, A. Gambacorta, A. Geer, W. Ingram, E. R. Kursinski, M. Matricardi, T. Odintsova, V. Payne, P. Thorne, M. Tretyakov, and J. Wang (2016), A review of sources of systematic errors and uncertainties in observations and simulations at 183GHz, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9(5), 2207–2221, doi:10.5194/amt-9-2207-2016.

      4. 2015 Back to top

    4. Aires, F., C. Prigent, E. Orlandi, M. Milz, P. Eriksson, S. Crewell, C.-C. Lin, and V. Kangas (2015), Microwave hyper-spectral measurements for temperature and humidity atmospheric profiling from satellite: the clear-sky case, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 11,334–11,351, doi:10.1002/2015JD023331.
    5. Mathew, N., V. O. John, C. S. Raju, and K. K. Moorthy (2015), Upper tropospheric humidity from SAPHIR on-board Megha-Tropiques, Curr. Sci., 108(10), 1915–1922.
    6. Clain, G., H. Brogniez, V. H. Payne and, V. O. John, and M. Luo (2015), An assessment of SAPHIR calibration using quality tropical soundings, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 32, 61–78, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00054.1.

      7. 2013 Back to top

    7. Chung, E.-S., B. J. Soden, and V. O. John (2013), Intercalibrating microwave satellite observations for monitoring long-term variations in upper and mid-tropospheric water vapor, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 30, 2303–2319, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00001.1.
    8. Shi, L., C. J. Schreck III, and V. O. John (2013), HIRS channel-12 brightness temperature dataset and its correlations with major climate indices, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 6907–6920, doi:10.5194/acp-13-6907-2013.

      9. 2012 Back to top

    9. Buehler, S. A., S. Östman, C. Melsheimer, G. Holl, S. Eliasson, V. O. John, T. Blumenstock, F. Hase, G. Elgered, U. Raffalski, T. Nasuno, M. Satoh, M. Milz, and J. Mendrok (2012), A multi-instrument comparison of integrated water vapour measurements at a high latitude site, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12(22), 10925–10943, doi:10.5194/acp-12-10925-2012.
    10. Kasai, Y., H. Sagawa, T. Kuroda, T. Manabe, S. Ochiai, K. Kikuchi, T. Nishibori, P. Baron, J. Mendrok, P. Hartogh, D. Murtagh, J. Urban, F. von Schéele, and U. Frisk (2012), Overview of the Martian atmospheric submillimetre sounder FIRE, Planet. Space Sci., 63-64, 62–82, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2011.10.013.

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    11. Buehler, S. A., P. Eriksson, and O. Lemke (2011), Absorption lookup tables in the radiative transfer model ARTS, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 112(10), 1559–1567, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.03.008.

      12. 2009 Back to top

    12. Sagawa, H., J. Mendrok, T. Seta, H. Hoshina, P. Baron, K. Suzuki, I. Hosako, C. Otani, P. Hartogh, and Y. Kasai (2009), Pressure broadening coefficients of H2O induced by CO2 for Venus atmosphere, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 110(18), 2027–2036, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.05.003.
    13. 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.
    14. Milz, M., T. v. Clarmann, P. Bernath, C. Boone, S. A. Buehler, S. Chauhan, B. Deuber, D. G. Feist, B. Funke, N. Glatthor, U. Grabowski, A. Griesfeller, A. Haefele, M. Höpfner, N. Kämpfer, S. Kellmann, A. Linden, S. Müller, H. Nakajima, H. Oelhaf, E. Remsberg, S. Rohs, J. M. Russell III, C. Schiller, G. P. Stiller, T. Sugita, T. Tanaka, H. Vömel, K. Walker, G. Wetzel, T. Yokota, V. Yushkov, and G. Zhang (2009), Validation of water vapour profiles (version 13) retrieved by the IMK/IAA scientific retrieval processor based on full resolution spectra measured by MIPAS on board Envisat, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 2, 379–399, doi:10.5194/amt-2-379-2009.
    15. Chauhan, S., M. Höpfner, G. P. Stiller, T. von Clarmann, B. Funke, N. Glatthor, U. Grabowski, A. Linden, S. Kellmann, M. Milz, T. Steck, H. Fischer, L. Froidevaux, A. Lambert, M. L. Santee, M. Schwartz, W. G. Read and, and N. J. Livesey (2009), MIPAS reduced spectral resolution UTLS-1 mode measurements of temperature, O3, HNO3, N2O, H2O and relative humidity over ice: retrievals and comparison to MLS, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 2, 337–353, doi:10.5194/amt-2-337-2009.

      16. 2008 Back to top

    16. Müller, S. C., N. Kämpfer, D. G. Feist, A. Haefele, M. Milz, N. Sitnikov, C. Schiller, C. Kiemle, and J. Urban (2008), Validation of stratospheric water vapour measurements from the airborne microwave radiometer AMSOS, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 3169–3183, doi:10.5194/acp-8-3169-2008.

      17. 2002 Back to top

    17. Kuhn, T., A. Bauer, M. Godon, S. A. Buehler, and K. Kuenzi (2002), Water vapor continuum: Absorption measurements at 350 GHz and model calculations, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 74(5), 545–562, doi:10.1016/S0022-4073(01)00271-0.

    Books and Book Contributions

      Theses

        Technical Reports and Proposals

          2013 Back to top

        1. John, V. O., D. E. Parker, S. A. Buehler, J. Price, and R. W. Saunders (2013), Analysis of upper-tropospheric humidity in tropical descent regions using observed and modelled radiances, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 13, 10547–10560, doi:10.5194/acpd-13-10547-2013.

        Articles in Conference Proceedings and Newsletters

          Internal Reports

            2014 Back to top

          1. Kaiser, J. (2014), Vergleich von Matlabprogrammen zur Berechnung der Gleichgewichtsdampfdrücke von Wasserdampf über Wasser und Eis mit Näherungen von Murphy & Koop, Sonntag und Goff-Gratch, Universität Hamburg, Meteorological Institute.

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