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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.