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The spatial distribution of the total water vapor in different climatic zones of the south of Western Siberia in summer of 2008–2011 is studied on the basis of Envisat data. The correlation analysis of the water-vapor time series from the Envisat data W and radiosonde observations w for the territory of Omsk aerological station show that the absolute values of W and w are linearly correlated with a coefficient of 0.77 (significance level p < 0.05). The distribution functions of the total water vapor are calculated based on the number of its measurements by Envisat for a cloudless sky of three zones with different physical properties of the underlying surface, in particular, steppes to the south of the Vasyugan Swamp and forests to the northeast of the Swamp. The distribution functions are bimodal; each mode follows the lognormal law. The parameters of these functions are given.
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Original Russian Text © D.N. Troshkin, N.N. Bezuglova, M.V. Kabanov, V.E. Pavlov, K.I. Sokolov, K.Yu. Sukovatov, 2016, published in Issledovanie Zemli iz Kosmosa, 2016, No. 5, pp. 50–56.
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Troshkin, D.N., Bezuglova, N.N., Kabanov, M.V. et al. Total Water-Vapor Distribution in the Summer Cloudless Atmosphere over the South of Western Siberia. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 53, 918–923 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433817090304
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