Earth ID: 831

Water Vapor Measurements from HALOE (1992-1997)

Visualizations by Horace Mitchell Released on April 9, 1999

An animated graph showing HALOE measurements of the water vapor amounts in the upper stratosphere, illustrating that it takes about 5 years for CFCs to reach the upper atmosphere. Tropical water vapor changes slowly with seasonal cycles. These changes, shown here as thick bands, were found to slowly ascend. These measurements tell us how fast the CFCs and other pollutants rise into the stratosphere.

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A graph showing HALOE measurements of the water vapor amounts in the upper stratosphere. Showing that it takes about 5 years for CFC's to reach the upper stratosphere".

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Visualization Credits

Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Mark Schoeberl (NASA/GSFC): Scientist

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Mission:
Upper Atmosphere Radiation Satellite (UARS)

Data Used:

UARS/HALOE

1992/11/15-1997/3/19

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UARS

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Water Vapor >> Water Vapor
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0