KIT Climate Researchers Prove Precision of Remote Sounding
Measurements – MUSICA Project Focuses on Weather- and Climate-relevant
Processes in the Atmosphere
The water budget of the troposphere, the bottom layer of the
Earth’s atmosphere, determines the weather and plays a central role in climate
change. The isotope composition of water vapor, i.e. the ratio of light and
heavy water molecules, provides insight into underlying mechanisms. Climate
researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) gather the data required
by in-situ measurements as well as by using remote sounding instruments, e.g.
on board of satellites. In a recent campaign, they combined both methods and
proved the precision of remote sounding measurements for the first time.