EGU2020-6294
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-6294
EGU General Assembly 2020
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Water vapor isotopic abundance measurement in Tibetan Plateau based on portable laser heterodyne radiometer

Xingji Lu1, Jun Huang1,2, Zhensong Cao1, Yinbo Huang1, Dandan Liu1,2, Tu Tan1, and Ruizhong Rao1
Xingji Lu et al.
  • 1Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Optics, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei, China
  • 2Science Island Branch of Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Tibet Plateau is known as the third pole of the world, the environmental changing in this area profoundly impacts on east Asian or even global climate. HDO is the stable isotope of water vapor and is the ideal tracer of water cycle, which has been applied to atmospheric circulation and climatic studies. For monitoring the water vapor isotopic abundance in Tibetan Plateau and providing reliable information for environmental and climatic studies, a portable laser heterodyne radiometer was operated at Golmud (Qinghai Province) in summer 2019. The radiometer adopted a narrow linewidth 3.66 μm DFB laser as the local oscillator and performed high resolution(~0.009 cm-1) and high signal-to-noise ratio(~160). Furthermore, the absorption spectra of atmospheric HDO and H2O were obtained and the retrieval algorithm of water vapor isotopic abundance was discussed. The optimal estimation method based on LBLRTM was chosen for retrieving, the ratio of HDO/H2O at Golmud is 185±7×10-6 during the observation, the value is less than the Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water (VSMO, 311.5×10-6) but larger than Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation (SLAP, 178.2×10-6).

How to cite: Lu, X., Huang, J., Cao, Z., Huang, Y., Liu, D., Tan, T., and Rao, R.: Water vapor isotopic abundance measurement in Tibetan Plateau based on portable laser heterodyne radiometer, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-6294, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-6294, 2020

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