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Water Isotopes in the Investigation of the Connection between Atmosphere and Terrestrial Water Cycle

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 3 May 2024 | Viewed by 1229

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Shaoneng He

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Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Interests: stable isotope geochemistry; climate/paleoclimate; environmental science; hydrology and earth sciences
Dr. Didier Gastmans

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Environmental Studies Center, São Paulo State University, São Paulo 13.506-900, Brazil
Interests: isotope hydrology; atmospheric processes and stable isotopes; hydrogeochemistry and groundwater resource management
Dr. Ana María Durán-Quesada

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School of Physics and Center for Environmental Pollution, University of Costa Rica, 11501, 2060-Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, San José, Costa Rica
Interests: tropical dynamics; climate modeling; stable isotopes for environmental applications; soil–plant–atmosphere continuum
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Dear Colleagues,

As natural tracers, water-stable isotopes have been routinely used in hydrological studies and have significantly contributed to our understanding of climate and hydrological processes. This proposed Special Issue is dedicated to advancements in the field of stable isotope hydrology. In this Special Issue, we invite the submission of research articles that use water-stable isotopes (δ18O, δ2H, d-excess and 17O-excess) to understand atmospheric processes and their interactions with the terrestrial component of the hydrological cycle, and address hydrological questions in freshwater ecosystems (rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands) through their connectivity. This Special Issue also welcome articles on isotope-enabled climate models and hydroclimate proxies, such as ice-cores, speleothems, tree-rings and applications that aim at understanding the connectivity between the surface and the atmosphere using isotopic tracers. All submissions must contain original work not being considered for publication elsewhere and must follow the submission guidelines given on the journal’s homepage.

Dr. Shaoneng He
Dr. Didier Gastmans
Dr. Ana María Durán-Quesada
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Keywords

  • stable isotopes
  • precipitation
  • rivers/streams
  • lakes
  • soil
  • hydrology
  • climate
  • groundwater
  • water resources management
  • urban hydrology

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18 pages, 7892 KiB  
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Characterizing Isotopic Composition and Trajectories of Atmospheric River Events
by Ariel T. Greenblat, Diana M. Allen and W. Jesse Hahm
Atmosphere 2024, 15(1), 74; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/atmos15010074 - 07 Jan 2024
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Landfalling atmospheric rivers (LARs) are important drivers of mid-latitude climate; however, our understanding of the water vapour sources, storm trajectories, and receiving waters of ARs is limited. This study aims to characterize LARs in southwest British Columbia by their isotopic composition and storm [...] Read more.
Landfalling atmospheric rivers (LARs) are important drivers of mid-latitude climate; however, our understanding of the water vapour sources, storm trajectories, and receiving waters of ARs is limited. This study aims to characterize LARs in southwest British Columbia by their isotopic composition and storm track trajectories and to better understand how AR-derived precipitation is manifested in watershed waters. ARs were depleted (−11.71‰ δ18O, −85.80‰ δ2H, n = 19) compared to non-ARs (−9.47‰ δ18O, −69.58‰ δ2H, n = 32) (p = 0.03); however, the difference is minimal. LAR storm tracks did not show any obvious correlation to their isotopic composition, despite the large variability in their source regions across the Pacific Ocean. The lack of correlation is attributed to mixing air parcels, thereby incorporating moisture with different isotopic compositions into the main transport mechanism. D-excess values for ARs and non-ARs were statistically similar, although seasonal differences were observed. ARs with higher d-excess were sourced from the central Pacific, whereas ARs with lower d-excess had storm tracks through the northern Pacific. Watershed water d-excess values (mean = 8.58 ± 2.97‰) were more similar to winter precipitation (mean = 10.1 ± 5.1‰), compared to summer (mean = 2.8 ± 4.3‰), likely due to their source of winter precipitation at high elevation. A greater range in AR d-excess winter values relative to summer values (3.6–16.6‰, −0.3–6.0‰, respectively) is attributed to storm track variability. Full article
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