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Some recent measurements of humidity from aircraft up to heights of about 50,000 ft over southern England

Author(s) -

Murgatroyd R. J.,

Goldsmith P.,

Hollings W. E. H.

Publication year - 1955

Publication title -

quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1477-870X

pISSN - 0035-9009

DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708135002

Subject(s) - hygrometer , frost (temperature) , tropopause , humidity , stratosphere , environmental science , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , new england , climatology , geology , geography , politics , political science , law

The humidity of the air was measured with a pressurized Dobson‐Brewer hygrometer in a Canberra aircraft up to heights of about 50,000 ft over southern England on 35 occasions during 1954. The frost point decreased with increasing height in the stratosphere and usually approached a constant value of − 115°F to − 120°F a few thousand feet above the tropopause.

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