CN-Taihu

Water vapor isotope experiment was conducted at Taihu site (lake), Wuxi, China (31.42N, 120.21E) from Aug 2012 to Dec  2016


Data download: NetCDF

    5. Variable definitions

Description

Unit

Equipment

Height (m)

Additional description

Date time

UTC

Water mixing ratio

ppmv

Campbell TGA-100A

3.5

Water vapour isotopic ratio (18O)

per mil

Campbell TGA-100A

3.5

Normalized to V-SMOW; Humidity dependence correlation: Dripper system

Standard deviation of 18O

per mil

Campbell TGA-100A

3.5

Hourly

Water vapour isotopic ratio (D)

per mil

Campbell TGA-100A

3.5

Normalized to V-SMOW; Humidity dependence correlation: Dripper system

Standard deviation of D

per mil

Campbell TGA-100A

3.5

Hourly

Air temperature

K

HMP45C

3.5

Relative humidity

<=100%

HMP45C

3.5

Air pressure

Pa

3.5

Precipitation

mm

3.5

Net radiation

W/m2

CNR-1

3.5

Wind speed

m/s

CSAT3

3.5

Wind direction

degree (°C)

R M Young

3.5

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

            Xiao, W., Lee, X., Liu, S., Wang, W., and Wen, X., 2017. In-situ isotopic measurement reveals a larger role of lake evaporation than in previous assessments of the terrestrial hydrological cycle. In review.

Site contact

            Name: Xuhui Lee and Wei Xiao

            Email: xuhui.lee@yale.edu (Xuhui Lee); ​wei.xiao@nuist.edu.cn (Wei Xiao)