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A direct measurement of the humidity in the stratosphere using a cooled‐vapour trap
Author(s) -
Barclay F. R.,
Elliott M. J. W.,
Goldsmith P.,
Jelley J. V.
Publication year - 1960
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.49708636815
Subject(s) - stratosphere , trap (plumbing) , water vapor , humidity , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , sampling (signal processing) , carbon dioxide , relative humidity , climatology , chemistry , physics , geology , environmental engineering , optics , detector , organic chemistry
A vapour trap designed for sampling the water vapour and carbon dioxide of the stratosphere is described. The results of one flight at about 27 km over south‐east England are given and discussed.