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Q.  Why I do I find a number larger than 100 in RelHumid_A in AIRX3STM data
product? Relative humidity is usually less than 100 percent.  

A.  Supersaturation is common in the atmosphere. Please see the paper:

Gettleman, A., E.J. Fetzer, A. Eldering, W.F. Irion (2006), The Global
Distribution of Supersaturation in the Upper Troposphere from the
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, J. Climate, 19, 6089-6103. DOI:
10.1175/JCLI3955.1

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