# Location

/home/sergio/MATLABCODE/AIRS_L3/airsL3_ratesv6_Sept2015_newlatbins.m

# Data, and how to get data, is in

/asl/s1/sergio/AIRS_L3/getter

# Overview

A quick look at linear trends from AIRS L3

• 36 latbins (from -90 : 5 : +90)

• Zonal, nighttime (descending AIRS L3 data)

• OLR does not follow stemp in the tropics and mid-lats … clouds/RH to blame?

• can definitely see changes in O3 rates (dO3/dt magnitudes decreasing as time span increases)

• same with WV rates (dWV/dt magnitudes decreasing as time span increases)

• can definitely see changes in T rates (dT/dt t 10 years had lots of cooling in SML, UA .. not in 12,13 year rates; not as much heating at NP)

• almost looks like tropics in IA were drying between 2002-2008 then after El Nino they started wetting

• also wondering if the WV and O3 rates are affected by defn : I take in N years of data and for latbin i, layer j, the data that goes into the rate hopper is $$x = \frac{data(i,j)}{mean(data(i,:))}$$ … the denominator changes as time goes on ….