Jakob, Friederike; Radenz, Martin; Baars, Holger; Engelmann, Ronny; Hengst, Rico; Klamt, Andi; Seifert, Patric; Foth, Andreas (2026): Water vapor profiles from Raman Lidar at Neumayer Station III in 2023 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.991540
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Published: 2026-02-19 • DOI registered: 2026-03-20
Abstract:
The dataset contains vertical profiles of atmospheric water vapor mixing ratio, including its errors. The measurements were performed with the Raman lidar PollyXT Arielle inside the Oceanet container. The platform was deployed approximately 380m south of Neumayer Station III, Antarctica (70.67°S, 8.27°W), from 16 January 2023 till 31 December 2023. The raw profiles were accumulated over 30 s and 7.5 m. For the retrieval of the humidity profiles, the data was additionally smoothed with a sliding average over 10 min and 5 vertical bins (bin-width is 7.5 m; lidar pointing direction is 5° off-zenith). The data is retrieved with the traditional Raman method for water vapour profiles (Whiteman et al., 1992) neglecting the difference of AOD (Aerosol Optical Depth) between 387 nm and 407 nm. Additionally, signal-to-noise (SNR) ratios of the two signals (at 407 nm for water vapour, and at 387 nm for nitrogen) and a quality mask (QM) are provided. The quality mask QM is equal to 1 (invalid) if the SNR at the 387 nm channel is <1 or the SNR of the 407 channel is <5.
Related to:
Radenz, Martin; Engelmann, Ronny; Henning, Silvia; Schmithüsen, Holger; Baars, Holger; Frey, Markus M; Weller, Rolf; Bühl, Johannes; Jimenez, Cristofer; Roschke, Johanna; Muser, Lukas Ole; Wullenweber, Nellie; Zeppenfeld, Sebastian; Griesche, Hannes; Wandinger, Ulla; Seifert, Patric (2024): Ground-Based Remote Sensing of Aerosol, Clouds, Dynamics, and Precipitation in Antarctica: First Results from the 1-Year COALA Campaign at Neumayer Station III in 2023. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105(8), E1438-E1457, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0285.1
Whiteman, D N; Melfi, S H; Ferrare, R A (1992): Raman lidar system for the measurement of water vapor and aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere. Applied Optics, 31(16), 3068, https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.31.003068
Project(s):
Funding:
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AWI_ANT_22: COALA
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AWI_NM_2023: Neumayer III
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 5472008: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -70.664505 * Median Longitude: -8.284170 * South-bound Latitude: -70.665180 * West-bound Longitude: -8.284670 * North-bound Latitude: -70.663830 * East-bound Longitude: -8.283670
Date/Time Start: 2023-01-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-12-31T00:00:00
Minimum Elevation: 43.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 43.0 m
Event(s):
NM_COALA * Latitude Start: -70.665180 * Longitude Start: -8.283670 * Latitude End: -70.663830 * Longitude End: -8.284670 * Date/Time Start: 2023-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-12-31T00:00:00 * Elevation Start: 43.0 m * Elevation End: 43.0 m * Campaign: Neumayer_based * Basis: NEUMAYER III * Method/Device: OCEANET-Atmosphere (COALA) * Comment: Deployment of the OCEANET-Atmosphere remote sensing facility next to Neumayer Station.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Jakob, Friederike | Geocode | ||
| 2 | netCDF file | netCDF | Jakob, Friederike | Multiwavelength Raman polarization lidar, TROPOS, PollyXT Arielle [inside the Oceanet container] | ||
| 3 | netCDF file (File Size) | netCDF (Size) | Bytes | Jakob, Friederike | Multiwavelength Raman polarization lidar, TROPOS, PollyXT Arielle [inside the Oceanet container] |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
363 data points
Data
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