Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: . Humidity variables are important for monitoring climate. Unlike, for instance, temperature, they require data transformation to derive water vapour variables from observations. Hygrometer technologies have changed over the years and, in some cases, have been prone to sensor drift due to aging, condensation or contamination in service, requiring replacement. Analysis of these variables may provide rich insight into both instrumental and climate dynamics. We apply tipping point analysis to dew point and relative humidity values from hygrometers at 55 observing stations in the UK. Our results demonstrate these techniques, which are usually used for studying geophysical phenomena, are also potentially useful for identifying historic instrumental changes that may be undocumented or lack metadata.
Institutions: National Physical Laboratory, Met Office
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,035
OpenAlex ID: W4417503343