Deuterium Excess in Precipitation Reveals Water Vapor Source in the Monsoon Margin Sites in Northwest China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Method
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Sample Collection and Laboratory Work
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Deuterium Excess in Precipitation and Environmental Controls
3.2. Stable Isotopes and Circulation Background
3.3. Stable Isotopes and Water Vapor Transport
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Station | Lat | Lon | Alt (m) | T (°C) | P (mm) | e (hPa) | h (%) | ||||
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Mean | σ | Mean | σ | Mean | σ | Mean | σ | ||||
Anning | 36°06′ | 103°44′ | 1548 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 194.1 | 6.0 | 13.7 | 5.9 | 73.5 | 11.2 |
Yuzhong | 35°52′ | 104°09′ | 1874 | 13.5 | 8.5 | 217.7 | 5.9 | 11.9 | 6.7 | 78.3 | 14.5 |
Gaolan | 36°21′ | 103°56′ | 1669 | 12.6 | 8.5 | 180.2 | 3.6 | 10.9 | 5.3 | 73.8 | 17.8 |
Yongdeng | 36°45′ | 103°15′ | 2119 | 11.4 | 6.5 | 346.9 | 6.4 | 10.9 | 3.6 | 75.3 | 15.8 |
Station | Min (‰) | Max (‰) | Mean (‰) | ||||
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Annual | Dry Season | Wet Season | |||||
Mean | σ | Mean | σ | ||||
Anning | −28.3 | 23.4 | 5.1 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 9.1 |
Yuzhong | −13.6 | 28.4 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 7.7 | 11.2 | 7.7 |
Gaolan | −36.4 | 33.3 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 11.6 |
Yongdeng | −25.3 | 27.7 | 9.1 | 13.8 | 10.6 | 7.9 | 8.4 |
Station | Season | d (‰) | δ2H (‰) | r (d vs. T) | r (d vs. e) | LMWL |
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Anning | Wet | 4.1 | −26.6 | −0.40 | −0.08 | δ2H = 7.03δ18O + 0.75 (r2 = 0.95, p < 0.01, σslope = 0.13, σintercept = 0.87, n = 155) |
Dry | 8.7 | −61.2 | −0.21 | −0.10 | δ2H = 7.85δ18O + 7.63 (r2 = 0.96, p < 0.01, σslope = 0.28, σintercept = 2.70, n = 34) | |
Yuzhong | Wet | 11.2 | −46.3 | −0.15 | −0.04 | δ2H = 7.47δ18O + 7.10 (r2 = 0.97, p < 0.01, σslope = 0.11, σintercept = 1.02, n = 154) |
Dry | 11.1 | −57.2 | 0.03 | 0.05 | δ2H = 7.48δ18O + 6.52 (r2 = 0.97, p < 0.01, σslope = 0.17, σintercept = 1.68, n = 71) | |
Gaolan | Wet | 8.9 | −36.0 | −0.34 | −0.08 | δ2H = 7.40δ18O + 5.55 (r2 = 0.88, p < 0.01, σslope = 0.19, σintercept = 1.34, n = 200) |
Dry | 10.2 | −41.6 | −0.02 | −0.15 | δ2H = 8.02δ18O + 10.13 (r2 = 0.89, p < 0.01, σslope = 0.35, σintercept = 2.48, n = 63) | |
Yongdeng | Wet | 7.9 | −26.3 | −0.11 | −0.17 | δ2H = 7.18δ18O + 4.17 (r2 = 0.94, p < 0.01, σslope = 0.12, σintercept = 0.70, n = 233) |
Dry | 13.8 | −50.5 | 0.08 | 0.00 | δ2H = 7.12δ18O + 6.53 (r2 = 0.92, p < 0.01, σslope = 0.29, σintercept = 2.77, n = 54) |
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Chen, F.; Zhang, M.; A. Argiriou, A.; Wang, S.; Zhou, X.; Liu, X. Deuterium Excess in Precipitation Reveals Water Vapor Source in the Monsoon Margin Sites in Northwest China. Water 2020, 12, 3315. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123315
Chen F, Zhang M, A. Argiriou A, Wang S, Zhou X, Liu X. Deuterium Excess in Precipitation Reveals Water Vapor Source in the Monsoon Margin Sites in Northwest China. Water. 2020; 12(12):3315. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123315
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Fenli, Mingjun Zhang, Athanassios A. Argiriou, Shengjie Wang, Xin Zhou, and Xueyuan Liu. 2020. "Deuterium Excess in Precipitation Reveals Water Vapor Source in the Monsoon Margin Sites in Northwest China" Water 12, no. 12: 3315. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123315