Vertical profile observations of water vapor deuterium excess in the lower troposphere

Salmon, Olivia E.; Welp, Lisa R.; Baldwin, Michael E.; Hajny, Kristian D.; Stirm, Brian H.; Shepson, Paul B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11525-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 17

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 11525–11543, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11525-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 11525–11543, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11525-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 17

Research article 12 Sep 2019

Research article | 12 Sep 2019

Vertical profile observations of water vapor deuterium excess in the lower troposphere

Olivia E. Salmon et al.

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RC1: 'Review of "Vertical profile observations of water vapor deuterium excess in the lower troposphere" by Salmon et al., submitted to ACP', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Author response to reviewer #1', Lisa Welp, 09 May 2019
RC2: 'Review of Vertical profiles observations of water vapor deuterium excess in the lower troposphere', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Mar 2019
- AC2: 'Author response to reviewer #2', Lisa Welp, 09 May 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Lisa Welp on behalf of the Authors (09 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 May 2019) by Heini Wernli

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (30 May 2019)

RR by Harald Sodemann (20 Jun 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (20 Jun 2019) by Heini Wernli

AR by Lisa Welp on behalf of the Authors (29 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (15 Jul 2019) by Heini Wernli

Short summary

We conducted airborne vertical profile measurements of water vapor stable isotopes to examine how boundary layer, cloud, and mixing processes influence the vertical structure of deuterium excess in the lower troposphere. We discuss reasons our observations are consistent with water vapor isotope theory on some days and not others. Deuterium excess may be useful for understanding complex processes occurring at the top of the boundary layer, including cloud formation, evaporation, and air mixing.