Isotopic measurements in water vapor, precipitation, and seawater during EUREC(4)A

Type Article
Date 2023-01
Language English
Author(s) Bailey AdrianaORCID1, Aemisegger Franziska2, Villiger LeonieORCID2, Los Sebastian A.3, Reverdin GillesORCID4, Melendez Estefania Quinones5, Acquistapace ClaudiaORCID6, Baranowski Dariusz B.7, Bock Tobias6, Bony SandrineORCID8, Bordsdorff Tobias9, Coffman Derek10, de Szoeke Simon P.5, Diekmann Christopher J.11, 22, Duetsch Marina12, 13, Ertl Benjamin11, 14, Galewsky Joseph3, Henze Dean5, Makuch Przemyslaw15, Noone David5, 16, Quinn Patricia K.10, Roesch Michael17, Schneider Andreas18, Schneider Matthias11, Speich SabrinaORCID19, Stevens BjornORCID20, Thompson Elizabeth J.21
Affiliation(s) 1 : Natl Ctr Atmospher Res, Boulder, CO 80305 USA.
2 : Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Inst Atmospher & Climate Sci, Zurich, Switzerland.
3 : Univ New Mexico, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA.
4 : Sorbonne Univ, Lab Oceanog & Climat Expt Approches Numer LOCEAN, CNRS, IRD,MNHN, Paris, France.
5 : Oregon State Univ, Coll Earth Ocean & Atmospher Sci, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA.
6 : Univ Cologne, Inst Geophys & Meteorol, Cologne, Germany.
7 : Polish Acad Sci, Inst Geophys, Warsaw, Poland.
8 : Sorbonne Univ, Lab Meteorol Dynam LMD IPSL, CNRS, Paris, France.
9 : SRON, Netherlands Inst Space Res, Leiden, Netherlands.
10 : NOAA, Pacific Marine Environm Lab, 7600 Sand Point Way Ne, Seattle, WA 98115 USA.
11 : Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Meteorol & Climate Res IMK ASF, Karlsruhe, Germany.
12 : Univ Vienna, Dept Meteorol & Geophys, Vienna, Austria.
13 : Univ Washington, Dept Earth & Space Sci, Seattle, WA 98195 USA.
14 : Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Steinbuch Ctr Comp, Karlsruhe, Germany.
15 : Polish Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Sopot, Poland.
16 : Univ Auckland, Dept Phys, Auckland, New Zealand.
17 : Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Dept Environm Syst Sci, Zurich, Switzerland.
18 : Finnish Meteorol Inst, Sodankyla, Finland.
19 : CNRS, Ecole Normale Super, LMD, IPSL, Paris, France.
20 : Max Planck Inst Meteorol, Hamburg, Germany.
21 : NOAA, Phys Sci Lab, Boulder, CO USA.
22 : Telespazio Germany GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany.
Source Earth System Science Data (1866-3508) (Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh), 2023-01 , Vol. 15 , N. 1 , P. 465-495
DOI 10.5194/essd-15-465-2023
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Abstract

In 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. All told, the in situ data span the period 5 January-22 February 2020 and cover the approximate area 6 to 16 degrees N and 50 to 60 degrees W, with water vapor isotope ratios measured from a few meters above sea level to the mid-free troposphere and seawater samples spanning the ocean surface to several kilometers depth.This paper describes the full EUREC(4)A isotopic in situ data collection - providing extensive information about sampling strategies and data uncertainties - and also guides readers to complementary remotely sensed water vapor isotope ratios. All field data have been made publicly available even if they are affected by known biases, as is the case for high-altitude aircraft measurements, one of the two BCO ground-based water vapor time series, and select rain and seawater samples from the ships. Publication of these data reflects a desire to promote dialogue around improving water isotope measurement strategies for the future. The remaining, high-quality data create unprecedented opportunities to close water isotopic budgets and evaluate water fluxes and their influence on cloudiness in the trade-wind environment. The full list of dataset DOIs and notes on data quality flags are provided in Table 3 of Sect. 5 ("Data availability").

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Bailey Adriana, Aemisegger Franziska, Villiger Leonie, Los Sebastian A., Reverdin Gilles, Melendez Estefania Quinones, Acquistapace Claudia, Baranowski Dariusz B., Bock Tobias, Bony Sandrine, Bordsdorff Tobias, Coffman Derek, de Szoeke Simon P., Diekmann Christopher J., Duetsch Marina, Ertl Benjamin, Galewsky Joseph, Henze Dean, Makuch Przemyslaw, Noone David, Quinn Patricia K., Roesch Michael, Schneider Andreas, Schneider Matthias, Speich Sabrina, Stevens Bjorn, Thompson Elizabeth J. (2023). Isotopic measurements in water vapor, precipitation, and seawater during EUREC(4)A. Earth System Science Data, 15(1), 465-495. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-465-2023 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00855/96667/