Water vapor isotope vertical profile measurement was conducted nearby Canary Islands, Las Palmas airport (27.93365N, -15.37975E) in 21, 22, 24, 25, 30, 31 July and 01, August 2013.
Data download: Metafile, Dataset
The in-situ data measured during MUSICA are freely available at:
http://share.lsdf.kit.edu/imk/asf/musica/INSITU/
The users should also have a look on the webpage for updates:
http://www.imk-asf.kit.edu/english/2746.php
The data have been measured in the framework of the MUSICA project and the users should add a respective acknowledgement and respect the general data policy as attached in dataset file.
1. Time stamps
Elapsed time in UTC seconds.
2. Data format
Data files are csv formatted.
3. Time zone convention
Time is reported in UTC.
4. Missing data
Missing data is replaced with -9999.
5. Variable definitions
Column |
Description |
Unit |
Equipment |
Height (m) |
Additional description |
Column 1 |
Time |
− |
− |
− |
UTC |
Column 2 |
Altitude |
− |
− |
− |
m |
Column 3 |
Latitude |
degree (°C) |
− |
− |
− |
Column 4 |
Longitude |
degree (°C) |
− |
− |
− |
Column 5 |
Water mixing ratio |
ppmv |
ISOWAT |
− |
− |
Column 6 |
Water vapour isotopic ratio (18O) |
per mil |
ISOWAT |
− |
Normalized to V-SMOW; Humidity dependence correlation: Non-linear regression |
Column 7 |
Standard deviation of 18O |
per mil |
ISOWAT |
− |
1 min |
Column 8 |
Water vapour isotopic ratio (D) |
per mil |
ISOWAT |
− |
Normalized to V-SMOW; Humidity dependence correlation: Non-linear regression |
Column 9 |
Standard deviation of D |
per mil |
ISOWAT |
− |
1 min |
Column 10 |
Air temperature |
Celsius (°C) |
− |
− |
− |
Column 11 |
Relative humidity |
<=1 |
KT15 |
− |
− |
Column 12 |
Air pressure |
kPa |
− |
− |
− |
Column 13 |
Precipitation |
mm |
− |
− |
− |
Column 14 |
Net radiation |
W/m2 |
CNR-1 |
− |
− |
Column 15 |
Wind speed |
m/s |
Flight |
− |
− |
Column 16 |
Wind direction |
degree (°C) |
Flight |
− |
− |
6. Reference papers
Dyroff, C., Sanati, S., Christner, E., Zahn, A., Balzer, M., Bouquet, H., McManus, J. B., González-Ramos, Y., and Schneider, M.: Airborne in situ vertical profiling of HDO / H216O in the subtropical troposphere during the MUSICA remote sensing validation campaign, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 2037-2049, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2037-2015, 2015.
Schneider, M., Wiegele, A., Barthlott, S., González, Y., Christner, E., Dyroff, C., García, O. E., Hase, F., Blumenstock, T., Sepúlveda, E., Mengistu Tsidu, G., Takele Kenea, S., Rodríguez, S., and Andrey, J.: Accomplishments of the MUSICA project to provide accurate, long-term, global and high-resolution observations of tropospheric {H2O,δD} pairs – a review, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 2845-2875, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2845-2016, 2016.
7. Site contact
Name: Matthias Schneider and Dyroff Christoph
Email: Matthias Schneider (matthias.schneider@kit.edu) and Dyroff Christoph (christoph.dyroff@kit.edu)