Raw values of boundary layer NO3 measurements at Neumayer III station, Antarctica from January 2016 to August 2018

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From January 2016 until August 2018, an automated Long-Path Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (LP-DOAS) instrument was operated at the German research station Neumayer III (NMIII) in coastal Antarctica to measure trace gas mixing ratios in the boundary layer close to the ground (average altitude above the snow surface: 4m). Two different atmospheric light paths with total lengths of 3100 m and 5900m were used depending on visibility.The DOAS evaluation of NO3 was performed between in a split window between 616.5 and 648.0 nm plus 660.5 to 673.2 nm. Fits with residual optical density RMS (root mean square) values larger than 1.2e-3 were discarded. The resulting mean residual RMS is 0.8e-3. The mean detection limit is 8 pmol/mol.The data sets include the observations below the respective detection limit scattered around 0, which due to the spectral analysis with the DOAS approach can include negative values. NO3 was not detected above a 3-sigma detection limit. Since total errors and hence detection limits are determined from spectral information the detection limit of NO3 can serve as an upper limit for an atmospheric presence.The mixing ratios provided here were calculated using meteorological data from Neumayer III station already published on PANGAEA. A list of data sets is included in the "Related to" section of the bibliography this data set is part of.The spectral raw data of the measurements is stored on the measurement data server of the Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.900909
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.900919
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.11588/HEIDOK.00026489
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4149-2019
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.900909
Provenance
Creator Nasse, Jan-Marcus ORCID logo; Frieß, Udo ORCID logo; Schaefer, Thomas; Jurányi, Zsófia; Hoffmann, Helene ORCID logo; Weller, Rolf ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Contributor Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg
Publication Year 2023
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 71540 data points
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences
Spatial Coverage (-8.250 LON, -70.650 LAT); Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica
Temporal Coverage Begin 2016-01-21T16:37:47Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-08-10T01:56:54Z