Aircraft measurements of water vapor heavy isotope ratios in the marine boundary layer and lower troposphere during ORACLES

Henze, Dean; Noone, David; Toohey, Darin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1811-2022

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1811-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1811-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

Data description paper

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14 Apr 2022

Data description paper |

| 14 Apr 2022

Aircraft measurements of water vapor heavy isotope ratios in the marine boundary layer and lower troposphere during ORACLES

Dean Henze, David Noone, and Darin Toohey

Data sets

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2016, Version 3 ORACLES Science Team (2020), Moffett Field, CA, NASA Ames Earth Science Project Office (ESPO) https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2016_V3

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2017, Version 3 ORACLES Science Team (2020), Moffett Field, CA, NASA Ames Earth Science Project Office (ESPO) https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2017_V3

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2018, Version 3 ORACLES Science Team (2020), Moffett Field, CA, NASA Ames Earth Science Project Office (ESPO) https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2018_V3

Aircraft profiles of stable isotope ratios in atmospheric total and condensed water from the NASA ORACLES mission Henze, Dean, Noone, David, & Toohey, Darin https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5748368

Short summary

The heavy isotope ratios of water vapor can provide information on the movement of water in the atmosphere, such as water vapor's origin of evaporation (e.g., land vs. sea), or detection of prior precipitation in an air mass. This paper presents the water vapor isotope dataset collected via aircraft as part of the NASA ORACLES project. The data are presented to demonstrate their potential for providing a comprehensive perspective on moisture transport in this region.