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@ARTICLE{Meyer:256590,
author = {Meyer, J. and Rolf, C. and Schiller, C. and Rohs, S. and
Spelten, N. and Afchine, A. and Zöger, M. and Sitnikov, N.
and Thornberry, T. D. and Rollins, A. W. and Bozóki, Z. and
Tátrai, D. and Ebert, V. and Kühnreich, B. and Mackrodt,
P. and Möhler, O. and Saathoff, H. and Rosenlof, K. H. and
Krämer, M.},
title = {{T}wo decades of water vapor measurements with the {FISH}
fluorescence hygrometer: a review},
journal = {Atmospheric chemistry and physics},
volume = {15},
number = {14},
issn = {1680-7324},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {EGU},
reportid = {FZJ-2015-06464},
pages = {8521 - 8538},
year = {2015},
abstract = {For almost two decades, the airborne Fast In-situ
Stratospheric Hygrometer (FISH) has stood for accurate and
precise measurements of total water mixing ratios (WMR, gas
phase + evaporated ice) in the upper troposphere and lower
stratosphere (UT/LS). Here, we present a comprehensive
review of the measurement technique (Lyman-α photofragment
fluorescence), calibration procedure, accuracy and
reliability of FISH. Crucial for FISH measurement quality is
the regular calibration to a water vapor reference, namely
the commercial frost-point hygrometer DP30. In the frame of
this work this frost-point hygrometer is compared to German
and British traceable metrological water standards and its
accuracy is found to be 2–4 $\%.$ Overall, in the range
from 4 to 1000 ppmv, the total accuracy of FISH was found to
be 6–8 $\%,$ as stated in previous publications. For lower
mixing ratios down to 1 ppmv, the uncertainty reaches a
lower limit of 0.3 ppmv. For specific, non-atmospheric
conditions, as set in experiments at the AIDA chamber –
namely mixing ratios below 10 and above 100 ppmv in
combination with high- and low-pressure conditions – the
need to apply a modified FISH calibration evaluation has
been identified. The new evaluation improves the agreement
of FISH with other hygrometers to ± 10 $\%$ accuracy in the
respective mixing ratio ranges. Furthermore, a quality check
procedure for high total water measurements in cirrus clouds
at high pressures (400–500 hPa) is introduced. The
performance of FISH in the field is assessed by reviewing
intercomparisons of FISH water vapor data with other in situ
and remote sensing hygrometers over the last two decades. We
find that the agreement of FISH with the other hygrometers
has improved over that time span from overall up to ± 30
$\%$ or more to about ± 5–20 $\%$ @ < 10 ppmv and to ±
0–15 $\%$ @ > 10 ppmv.As presented here, the robust and
continuous calibration and operation procedures of the FISH
instrument over the last two decades establish the position
of FISH as one of the core instruments for in situ
observations of water vapor in the UT/LS.},
cin = {IEK-7 / IEK-8},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013 / I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-8-20101013},
pnm = {244 - Composition and dynamics of the upper troposphere and
middle atmosphere (POF3-244) / 243 - Tropospheric trace
substances and their transformation processes (POF3-243)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-244 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-243},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000358799000042},
doi = {10.5194/acp-15-8521-2015},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/256590},
}