AP-Kohnen

Water vapor isotope experiment was conducted at Kohnen site (ice sheet), Antarctic (75°00’S, 0°04’E) from Dec 2013 to Jan2014.


Data download: NetCDF

Variable definitions

Description

Unit

Equipment

Height (m)

Additional description

Date time

−

−

−

UTC

Water mixing ratio

ppmv

LGR

DTL-100

3

−

Water vapour isotopic ratio (18O)

per mil

LGR

DTL-100

3

Normalized to V-SMOW; Humidity dependence correlation: Non-linear regression

Standard deviation of 18O

per mil

LGR

DTL-100

3

Hourly

Water vapour isotopic ratio (D)

per mil

LGR

DTL-100

3

Normalized to V-SMOW; Humidity dependence correlation: Non-linear regression

Standard deviation of D

per mil

LGR

DTL-100

3

Hourly

Air temperature

K

−

−

−

Relative humidity

<=100%

−

−

−

Air pressure

Pa

−

−

−

Precipitation

mm

−

−

−

Net radiation

W/m2

−

−

−

Wind speed

m/s

−

−

−

Wind direction

degree (°C)

−

−

−

Air temperature

K

−

2

ERA5

Relative humidity

<=100%

−

2

ERA5

Air pressure

Pa

−

2

ERA5

Precipitation

mm

−

−

ERA5

Net radiation

W/m2

−

−

ERA5

Wind speed

m/s

−

−

ERA5

Wind direction

°C

−

10

ERA5

Reference papers

          Ritter, F., Steen-Larsen, H. C., Werner, M., Masson-Delmotte, V., Orsi, A., Behrens, M., Birnbaum, G., Freitag, J., Risi, C., and Kipfstuhl, S. (2016), Isotopic exchange on the diurnal scale between near-surface snow and lower atmospheric water vapor at Kohnen station, East Antarctica, The Cryosphere, 10, 1647-1663.

Site contact

            Name: François Ritter

            Email: ritter.francois@gmail.com