Isotopic exchange on the diurnal scale between near-surface snow and lower atmospheric water vapor at Kohnen station, East Antarctica

Ritter, François; Steen-Larsen, Hans Christian; Werner, Martin; Masson-Delmotte, Valérie; Orsi, Anais; Behrens, Melanie; Birnbaum, Gerit; Freitag, Johannes; Risi, Camille; Kipfstuhl, Sepp

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1647-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1647-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1647-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

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29 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 29 Jul 2016

Isotopic exchange on the diurnal scale between near-surface snow and lower atmospheric water vapor at Kohnen station, East Antarctica

François Ritter, Hans Christian Steen-Larsen, Martin Werner, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Anais Orsi, Melanie Behrens, Gerit Birnbaum, Johannes Freitag, Camille Risi, and Sepp Kipfstuhl

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RC1: 'Referee comment on Ritter et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Francois Ritter, 28 Jun 2016
RC2: 'Review of Ritter et al. "Isotopic exchange on the diurnal scale between near-surface snow and lower atmospheric water vapor at Kohnen station, East Antarctica"', Bradley Markle, 14 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Bradley Markle', Francois Ritter, 28 Jun 2016

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We present successful continuous measurements of water vapor isotopes performed in Antarctica in January 2013. The interest is to understand the impact of the water vapor isotopic composition on the near-surface snow isotopes. Our study reveals a diurnal cycle in the snow isotopic composition in phase with the vapor. This finding suggests fractionation during the sublimation of the ice, which has an important consequence on the interpretation of water isotope variations in ice cores.