Water vapor observation at 18 m height above ground at Dome C, East Antarctic plateau (2018-2020)

• Main Authors: Genthon, Christophe, Veron, Dana, Vignon, Etienne, Madeleine, Jean-Baptiste, Piard, Luc
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2021
• Subjects: Antartic field data for CALibration and VAlidation of meteorological and climate models and satellite retrievals; Antarctic Coast to Dome C; CALVA; Date/Time local; DOME_C_CALVA; Dome C; Antarctica; East Antarctic plateau; HEIGHT above ground; Humidity; relative; Humidity-Temperature probe; Vaisala; HMP155; Temperature; air; Water vapor observation in the atmospheric boundary layer at Dome C; Weather station/meteorological observation; WST; Antarctic; Antarc*; antartic*
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.939422; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.939422

The data set provides 3 years of almost continuous observation of water vapor in the air at 18m height on the high antarctic plateau, 123° 21' E, 75° 06' S, 3233 m above sea level. Each data is an average over the previous ½ hour. The water vapor content is measured in a heated air flow to...