Authors

Sabine Barthlott, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, IMK-A-SF, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Matthias Schneider, IMK-A-SF, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Izana Atmospheric Research CentreFollow
Frank Hase, IMK-A-SF, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de L'Environnement
Thomas Blumenstock, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, IMK-A-SF, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Matthaus Kiel, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, IMK-A-SF, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Darko Dubravica, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, IMK-A-SF, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Omaira García, Izaña Atmospheric Research Centre, Spain
Eliezer Sepúlveda, Izana Atmospheric Research Centre
Gizaw Mengistu Tsidu, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Addis Ababa University
Samuel Takele Kenea, Addis Ababa University
Michel Grutter, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Eddy F. Plaza-Medina, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Wolfgang Stremme, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Kimberly Strong, University of TorontoFollow
Dan Weaver, University of Toronto
Mathias Palm, University of Bremen
Thorsten Warneke, University of Bremen
Justus Notholt, University of Bremen
Emmanuel Mahieu, Institute of Astrophysics and Geophysics, Belgium, University of LiegeFollow
Christian Servais, University of Liege
Nicholas B. Jones, University of WollongongFollow
David W. T Griffith, University of WollongongFollow
D Smale, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
John Robinson, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand

RIS ID

111863

Publication Details

Barthlott, S., Schneider, M., Hase, F., Blumenstock, T., Kiel, M., Dubravica, D., García, O. E., Sepúlveda, E., Tsidu, G., Kenea, S., Grutter, M., Plaza-Medina, E. F., Stremme, W., Strong, K., Weaver, D., Palm, M., Warneke, T., Notholt, J., Mahieu, E., Servais, C., Jones, N., Griffith, D. W. T., Smale, D. & Robinson, J. (2017). Tropospheric water vapour isotopologue data (H216O, H218O, and HD16O) as obtained from NDACC/FTIR solar absorption spectra. Earth System Science Data, 9 (1) 15-29.

Abstract

We report on the ground-based FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) tropospheric water vapour isotopologue remote sensing data that have been recently made available via the database of NDACC (Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change; ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ndacc/MUSICA/) and via doi:10.5281/zenodo.48902. Currently, data are available for 12 globally distributed stations. They have been centrally retrieved and quality-filtered in the framework of the MUSICA project (MUlti-platform remote Sensing of Isotopologues for investigating the Cycle of Atmospheric water). We explain particularities of retrieving the water vapour isotopologue state (vertical distribution of H216O, H218O, and HD16O) and reveal the need for a new metadata template for archiving FTIR isotopologue data. We describe the format of different data components and give recommendations for correct data usage. Data are provided as two data types. The first type is best-suited for tropospheric water vapour distribution studies disregarding different isotopologues (comparison with radiosonde data, analyses of water vapour variability and trends, etc.). The second type is needed for analysing moisture pathways by means of H2O, δD-pair distributions.

Grant Number

ARC/DP110103118

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