Water vapor may be biggest contributor to higher global temperatures,...

AP Worldstream;  November 9, 2005 ;   BRADLEY S. KLAPPER, Associated Press Writer;   363 words ......have an increase in water vapor, you have an increase...the same time that water vapor levels there rose...4 percent. Manmade greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide...increased levels of water vapor, according to the...between the effects of water vapor ...

STUDY CITES WATER VAPOR AS GLOBAL WARMING THREAT

The Boston Globe;  December 14, 1989 ;   Dianne Dumanoski, Globe Staff;   787 words ......whether increasing water vapor in the atmosphere...suggested that water vapor may not intensify...dioxide and other greenhouse gases and the climate...theory that water vapor will greatly...most powerful greenhouse gas," so its...point: "If the water ...

High clouds may soon light U.S. sunsets. (prediction that noctilucent ice...

Science News;  June 18, 1994 ;     204 words ......south as Philadelphia in the next century because of greenhouse gases accumulating in Earth's atmosphere, according to calculations...clouds. But rising concentrations of methane added water vapor to the mesosphere, prompting clouds to form in the coldest latitudes. Greenhouse gases ...

Estimating upper-tropospheric water vapor from SSM/T-2 satellite...

Journal of Applied Meteorology;  April 1, 2003 ;   Sohn, Byung-Ju; Chung, Eui-Seok; Schmetz, Johannes; Smith, Eric A;   787 words ......UTW) from Special Sensor Microwave Water Vapor Profiler (SSM/T-2) measurements taken...discrete frequencies near the 183-GHz water vapor line. The algorithm is based on physical...of 0.68 kg m^sup -2^ with integrated water vapor biases below 5% for the ...

Please don't let me be misunderstood.(satellite images of water vapor)

Weatherwise;  January 1, 1999 ;   Grenci, Lee;   660 words ...If fuzzy satellite images of water vapor were inclined to impersonate a rock...popular misconception that dark areas on water vapor images mean the air is dry. Actually, dark areas represent water vapor in the middle troposphere. Moreover...

Characterization of Upper-Troposphere Water Vapor Measurements during...

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  December 1, 2004 ;   Ferrare, R A; Browell, E V; Ismail, S; Kooi, S A; Et al;   787 words ...ABSTRACT Water vapor mass mixing ratio profiles from NASA...Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment (FIRE) Water Vapor Experiment (AFWEX) are used as a reference to characterize upper-troposphere water vapor (UTWV) measured by ground-based Raman...

Less greenhouse gases to help balance precipitation in China's major...

Xinhua News Agency;  July 8, 2006 ;     286 words ...Less greenhouse gases to help balance precipitation...BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) -- If greenhouse gases continue to rise as they have...China can effectively control greenhouse gases emissions, precipitation is likely...

A 10-Yr Climatology of Oceanic Water Vapor Derived from the TOPEX...

Journal of Climate;  July 1, 2004 ;   Chen, Ge;   787 words ......2002, a 10-yr climatology of oceanic water vapor (OWV) is constructed, of which the distribution...majority of the oceanic areas have their water vapor maximum in August (February). Early...pressures that normally exist on earth. Water vapor is water in the gaseous phase. The ...

A GCM Study of Volcanic Eruptions as a Cause of Increased Stratospheric...

Journal of Climate;  November 1, 2003 ;   Joshi, Manoj M; Shine, Keith P;   787 words ......increases. This is because the extra water vapor that is transported into the stratosphere...intermediate complexity, and increases in water vapor concentration are found in the lower...with the perturbation in stratospheric water vapor is approximately +0.1 W m^sup -2^, and...

Humans implicated in rising water vapor.

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  September 17, 2007 ;     612 words ......by another fingerprint, this one on water vapor in the atmosphere. Scientists used computer...the climate to show that the rise in water vapor could not have been caused by natural...the models, the resulting atmospheric water vapor increases are very close to those actually...

AIRS: Improving Weather Forecasting and Providing New Data on Greenhouse...

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  July 1, 2006 ;   Chahine, Moustafa T; Pagano, Thomas S; Aumann, Hartmut H; Atlas, Robert; Et al;   787 words ......2005a,b,c) and to study the water and energy cycle (Tian...information on several greenhouse gases. The measurement goal of...temperature and precipitable-water vapor profiles with accuracies...are intimately linked by water vapor, as pointed out by...concentrations of other ...

Radiative sensitivity to water vapor under all-sky conditions

Journal of Climate;  June 15, 2001 ;   Fasullo, John; Sun, De-Zheng;   787 words ......fields, all-sky radiative sensitivity to water vapor is assessed. The analysis improves upon...to be particularly sensitive to the water vapor distribution, especially for variations...longwave radiation is most sensitive to water vapor in the upper troposphere, especially...

Reservoir of water hides high above Earth. (water vapor in mesosphere)

Science News;  August 23, 1997 ;   Monastersky, Richard;   570 words ......Desert, harbors unexpected amounts of water vapor, according to data from a pair of satellites...ultraviolet light splits apart molecules of water vapor. The MAHRSI data revealed a layer with...1991. The HALOE instrument measures water vapor directly by peering through the ...

Water Vapor May Warm Earth Less Than Some Models Predict.

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  March 15, 2004 ;     639 words ......of the amount of water vapor the will enter the...and Technology. Greenhouse gases, of which water vapor is the most significant...thus putting more water vapor into the atmosphere. The rise in water vapor in turn leads to...

How to manage water vapor in vacuum chambers. (Vacuum Tech).(Brief...

R & D;  June 1, 2002 ;   Brennan, J.;   623 words ...Water vapor is a major problem in vacuum chambers...processes. Applications requiring control of water vapor are found in many different industries...panel displays. Proper management of water vapor dictates that it should be pumped near...