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Relations between oxygen stable isotopic ratios in precipitation and relevant meteorological factors in southwest China

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The correlations of isotopic ratios in precipitation with temperature, air pressure and humidity at different altitudes, in southwest China, are analyzed. There appear marked negative correlations for the δ18O in precipitation with precipitation amount, vapor pressure and atmospheric precipitable water(PW) at Mengzi, Simao and Tengchong stations on synoptic timescale; the marked negative correlations between the δ18O in precipitation and the diurnal mean temperature at 400 hPa,500 hPa,700 hPa and 85O hPa are different from the temperature effect in middle-high-latitude inland. Moreover, the notable positive correlation between the δ18O in precipitation and the dew-point deficit △Td at different altitudes is found at the three stations. On annual timescale, the annual precipitation amount weighted mean δ18O display the negative correlations not only with annual precipitation but also with annual mean temperature at 500 hPa. It can be deduced that, in the years with abnormally strong summer monsoon, more warm and wet air from low-latitude oceans is transported northward along the vapor channel located in southwest China and generates abnormally strong rainfall on the way. Meanwhile, the abnormally strong condensation process will release more condensed latent heat into atmosphere, and lead to the rise of atmospheric temperature during rainfall. But decline of the δ18O in precipitation. On the contrary, in the years with abnormally weak summer monsoon, the abnormally weak condensation process will release less condensed latent heat into atmosphere, and lead to the decline of atmospheric temperature during rainfall, but increase of the δ18O in precipitation.

southwest China,stable isotope,precipitation,temperature,humidity,correlation

ZHANG XinPing、LIU JingMiao、SUN WeiZheng、HUANG YiMin、ZHANG JianMing

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College of Resources and Environment,Hunan Normal University,Changsha 410081,China

Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences,Beijing 100081,China

Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute,Lanzhou 730000,China

国家高技术研究发展计划(863计划)Key Program of the Education Department of Hunan Province

2002AA13536003C210

2007

中国科学:地球科学(英文版)
中国科学院

中国科学:地球科学(英文版)

影响因子:1.002
ISSN:1674-7313
年,卷(期):2007.50(4)
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