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Isotopic measurements in water vapor, precipitation, and seawater during EUREC$^4$A

Bailey, Adriana ; Aemisegger, Franziska; Villiger, Leonie; Los, Sebastian A.; Reverdin, Gilles; Quiñones Meléndez, Estefanía; Acquistapace, Claudia; Baranowski, Dariusz B.; Böck, Tobias; Bony, Sandrine; Bordsdorff, Tobias; Coffman, Derek; de Szoeke, Simon P.; Diekmann, Christopher J. 1; Dütsch, Marina; Ertl, Benjamin 1,2; Galewsky, Joseph; Henze, Dean; Makuch, Przemyslaw; ... mehr

Abstract:

n early 2020, an international team set out to investigate trade-wind cumulus clouds and their coupling to the large-scale circulation through the field campaign EUREC$^4$A: ElUcidating the RolE of Clouds-Circulation Coupling in ClimAte. Focused on the western tropical Atlantic near Barbados, EUREC$^4$A deployed a number of innovative observational strategies, including a large network of water isotopic measurements collectively known as EUREC$^4$A-iso, to study the tropical shallow convective environment. The goal of the isotopic measurements was to elucidate processes that regulate the hydroclimate state – for example, by identifying moisture sources, quantifying mixing between atmospheric layers, characterizing the microphysics that influence the formation and persistence of clouds and precipitation, and providing an extra constraint in the evaluation of numerical simulations. During the field experiment, researchers deployed seven water vapor isotopic analyzers on two aircraft, on three ships, and at the Barbados Cloud Observatory (BCO). Precipitation was collected for isotopic analysis at the BCO and from aboard four ships. In addition, three ships collected seawater for isotopic analysis. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000158083
Veröffentlicht am 21.04.2023
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DOI: 10.5194/essd-15-465-2023
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Spurenstoffe und Fernerkundung (IMK-ASF)
Scientific Computing Center (SCC)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2023
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1866-3516
KITopen-ID: 1000158083
HGF-Programm 12.11.13 (POF IV, LK 01) Long-term trends of global atmospheric composition
Erschienen in Earth System Science Data
Verlag Copernicus Publications
Band 15
Heft 1
Seiten 465–495
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 31.01.2023
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