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Water vapor in the atmosphere over the northern Tien Shan

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Refined data of systematic measurements of total water vapor in the atmosphere from May 1980 to April 2005 are presented. The data were obtained at the Issyk Kul atmospheric-monitoring station by the method of solar molecular-absorption spectroscopy. Over 25 years, the annual mean water-vapor content in the atmosphere increased by 4.5% at a mean rate of increase of 0.18% per year. However, the water-vapor content decreased in the last five years. The results of statistical processing of experimental data (general statistical characteristics, correlation coefficients, composite oscillations) are described. A refined model is proposed for forecasts of temporal variations in the monthly mean and annual mean water-vapor contents for the coming years. The model includes a linear trend and the sum of oscillations with periods close to the periods of a number of well-known geophysical phenomena. Regression equations are proposed to relate the water-vapor content in the atmospheric column to the surface temperature and absolute humidity.

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  1. Institute of Experimental Meteorology, NPO Taifun, pr. Lenina 82, Obninsk, Kaluga oblast, 249038, Russia

    V. N. Aref’ev, F. V. Kashin, R. M. Akimenko, N. E. Kamenogradskii, N. I. Sizov, L. B. Upenek & V. P. Ustinov

  2. Kyrgyz State National University, ul. Manasa 101, Bishkek, 720033, Kyrgyzstan

    V. K. Semenov & V. P. Sinyakov

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Original Russian Text © V.N. Aref’ev, F.V. Kashin, V.K. Semenov, R.M. Akimenko, N.E. Kamenogradskii, N.I. Sizov, V.P. Sinyakov, L.B. Upenek, V.P. Ustinov, 2006, published in Izvestiya AN. Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2006, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 803–815.

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Aref’ev, V.N., Kashin, F.V., Semenov, V.K. et al. Water vapor in the atmosphere over the northern Tien Shan. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 42, 739–751 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433806060089

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