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Further data concerning the distribution of water vapour in the stratosphere
Author(s) -
Murcray D. G.,
Murcray F. H.,
Williams W. J.
Publication year - 1966
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.49709239117
Subject(s) - mixing ratio , altitude (triangle) , tropopause , stratosphere , atmospheric sciences , water vapor , variation (astronomy) , mixing (physics) , environmental science , meteorology , physics , astrophysics , mathematics , geometry , quantum mechanics
The variation of the infra‐red solar spectrum with altitude was observed during a balloon flight made on 24 March 1964, from Alamogordo, New Mexico. A water vapour mixing ratio profile determined on the basis of the variation with altitude of the infra‐red solar spectrum in the vicinity of 3,854 cm −1 during this flight is presented. This profile is in agreement with the view that the mixing ratio in the vicinity of the tropopause is about 2.10 −6 g g −1 ; however, it also indicates that the mixing ratio increases again above 65,000 ft.
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