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Pole-to-pole moisture conditions for the IGY

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A study of the mean atmospheric humidity conditions on a planetary scale during the IGY covering the calendar year 1958 is presented. The fields of mean precipitable water content and of the zonal and meridional transports of water vapor are analyzed for the entire globe. Zonally averaged values of the various quantities at several levels are presented in tabular form and compared whenever possible with previous results or indirectly are analyzed on the basis of information obtained from different sources. The structure of these fields is studied and the corresponding implications for the general circulations of the atmosphere are discussed. Finally the zonal water balance for all the globe is discussed and its implications analyzed.

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  1. Department of Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, Mass., USA

    Victor P. Starr & Robert G. McKean

  2. Department of Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

    José P. Peixoto

  3. The University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Germany

    José P. Peixoto

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Starr, V.P., Peixoto, J.P. & McKean, R.G. Pole-to-pole moisture conditions for the IGY. PAGEOPH 75, 300–331 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875063

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