The role of air–sea fluxes for the water vapour isotope signals in the cold and warm sectors of extratropical cyclones over the Southern Ocean

Thurnherr, Iris; Hartmuth, Katharina; Jansing, Lukas; Gehring, Josué; Boettcher, Maxi; Gorodetskaya, Irina; Werner, Martin; Wernli, Heini; Aemisegger, Franziska

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-331-2021

Articles | Volume 2, issue 2

Weather Clim. Dynam., 2, 331–357, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-331-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Weather Clim. Dynam., 2, 331–357, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-331-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 2, issue 2

Research article 14 Apr 2021

Research article | 14 Apr 2021

The role of air–sea fluxes for the water vapour isotope signals in the cold and warm sectors of extratropical cyclones over the Southern Ocean

Iris Thurnherr et al.

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RC1: 'Review of "The role of air-sea fluxes for the water vapour isotope signals in the cold and warm sectors of extra-tropical cyclones over the Southern Ocean” by Thurnherr et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Replies to Review 1', Iris Thurnherr, 15 Dec 2020
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript «The role of air-sea fluxes for the water vapour isotope signals in the cold and warm sectors of extratropical cyclones over the Southern Ocean » ', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Replies to Review 2', Iris Thurnherr, 15 Dec 2020

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Feb 2021) by Helen Dacre

Short summary

Extratropical cyclones are important for the transport of moisture from low to high latitudes. In this study, we investigate how the isotopic composition of water vapour is affected by horizontal temperature advection associated with extratropical cyclones using measurements and modelling. It is shown that air–sea moisture fluxes induced by this horizontal temperature advection lead to the strong variability observed in the isotopic composition of water vapour in the marine boundary layer.