A new dataset has been published in the Climate Data Store: Upper tropospheric humidity gridded data from 1999 to present derived from satellite observations
This dataset provides Upper Tropospheric Humidity (UTH) which is of key importance to the Earth’s greenhouse effect and understanding of climate change. It is considered an essential climate variable because it controls key atmospheric processes, including water vapour and cloud feedbacks that can amplify the climate system’s response to increases in other greenhouse gases.
For more information and to download the data, please go to https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.42b801d3
UTH is part of the Water Vapour ECV inventory in the CDS together with Total Column Water Vapour and Tropospheric Humidity Profiles. The Thematic Climate Data Record (TCDR) component of this dataset is brokered to the CDS and was originally produced on behalf of EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CMSAF) by the Met Office. The Interim Climate Data Record (ICDR) component has been delivered directly to the CDS and was originally produced on behalf of the C3S by the Met Office.
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