[Characteristics of stable isotopes in precipitation over Northeast China and its water vapor sources]

Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2012 Sep;33(9):2924-31.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Based on the data of the hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes in precipitation over Northeast China provided by the Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation (GNIP) and the meteorological statistics, the spatial and temporal variations of stable isotopes in precipitation and their influencing factors were analyzed and the Local Meteoric Water Line (LMWL) was established. The results were as follows: delta18O value was low in winter and high in summer; the spatial distribution showed that the weighted delta18O value decreased from the south to the north; the linear relationship between delta18O in precipitation and temperature was significant, but no linear relationship was found for the precipitation amount; delta18O in precipitation can be evaluated quantitatively based on a multiple linear regression equation with delta18O and related parameters (temperature, precipitation amount, elevation, longitude and latitude). The water vapor source of the sampling sites was tracked by HYSPLIT 4. 9 model, and the modeled trajectory of vapor source indicated that there were two main paths, including the cold wet water vapor from the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean via Westerlies, and the warm one from the Pacific Ocean.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Environmental Monitoring / methods*
  • Environmental Pollutants / analysis
  • Environmental Pollutants / chemistry
  • Oxygen Isotopes / analysis*
  • Rain / chemistry*
  • Steam / analysis
  • Water Movements*

Substances

  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Oxygen Isotopes
  • Steam