DE-Karlsruhe

Water vapor isotope experiment was conducted at Karlsruhe site near Karlsruhe in central Europe (49.10°N, 8.44°E) from January 2012 to May 2013.

The in-situ data we have 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


Data download: NetCDF

Variable definitions

Description

Unit

Equipment

Height (m)

Additional description

Date time

UTC

Water mixing ratio

ppmv

Picarro L2120-i

28

Water vapour isotopic ratio (18O)

per mil

Picarro L2120-i

28

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

Standard deviation of 18O

per mil

Picarro L2120-i

28

Hourly

Water vapour isotopic ratio (D)

per mil

Picarro L2120-i

28

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

Standard deviation of D

per mil

Picarro L2120-i

28

Hourly

Air temperature

K

HMP-45A

30

Meteolabor

Switzerland

Relative humidity

<=100%

Mirror hygrometer

Air pressure

Pa

IMK-TRO 

Precipitation

mm

IMK-TRO 

Net radiation

W/m2

IMK-TRO 

Wind speed

m/s

IMK-TRO 

Wind direction

degree (°C)

IMK-TRO 

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

            Christner, E., Kohler, M., and Schneider, M.: The influence of snow sublimation and meltwater evaporation on δD of water vapor in the atmospheric boundary layer of central Europe, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 1207-1225, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1207-2017, 2017.

Site contact

            Name: Matthias Schneider and Emanuel Christner

            Email:  Matthias Schneider (matthias.schneider@kit.edu) and Emanuel Christner (emanuel.christner@kit.edu)