Stable isotopes in atmospheric water vapor and applications to the hydrologic cycle

J Galewsky, HC Steen‐Larsen, RD Field… - Reviews of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The measurement and simulation of water vapor isotopic composition has matured rapidly
over the last decade, with long‐term data sets and comprehensive modeling capabilities …

Stable water isotopes in climatology, meteorology, and hydrology: A review

K Yoshimura - Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Recent advancements in the measurement and modeling of heavy stable water isotopes (ie,
H2 18O and HDO), especially in situ and remote sensing spectroscopic vapor isotope …

Process‐evaluation of tropospheric humidity simulated by general circulation models using water vapor isotopologues: 1. Comparison between models and …

C Risi, D Noone, J Worden… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The goal of this study is to determine how H2O and HDO measurements in water vapor can
be used to detect and diagnose biases in the representation of processes controlling …

Profiles of CH4, HDO, H2O, and N2O with improved lower tropospheric vertical resolution from Aura TES radiances

J Worden, S Kulawik, C Frankenberg… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - amt.copernicus.org
Thermal infrared (IR) radiances measured near 8 microns contain information about the
vertical distribution of water vapor (H 2 O), the water isotopologue HDO, and methane (CH …

Variations of stratospheric water vapor over the past three decades

AE Dessler, MR Schoeberl, T Wang… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We examine variations in water vapor in air entering the stratosphere through the tropical
tropopause layer (TTL) over the past three decades in satellite data and in a trajectory …

Dehydration of the stratosphere

MR Schoeberl, AE Dessler - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
Domain filling, forward trajectory calculations are used to examine the global dehydration
processes that control stratospheric water vapor. As with most Lagrangian models of this …

The influence of summertime convection over Southeast Asia on water vapor in the tropical stratosphere

JS Wright, R Fu, S Fueglistaler, YS Liu… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The relative contributions of Southeast Asian convective source regions during boreal
summer to water vapor in the tropical stratosphere are examined using Lagrangian …

Process‐evaluation of tropospheric humidity simulated by general circulation models using water vapor isotopic observations: 2. Using isotopic diagnostics to …

C Risi, D Noone, J Worden… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Evaluating the representation of processes controlling tropical and subtropical tropospheric
relative humidity (RH) in atmospheric general circulation models (GCMs) is crucial to assess …

Accomplishments of the MUSICA project to provide accurate, long-term, global and high-resolution observations of tropospheric {H2O,δD} pairs – a review

M Schneider, A Wiegele, S Barthlott… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - amt.copernicus.org
In the lower/middle troposphere,{H 2 O, δD} pairs are good proxies for moisture pathways;
however, their observation, in particular when using remote sensing techniques, is …

Isotopic composition of water in the tropical tropopause layer in cloud‐resolving simulations of an idealized tropical circulation

PN Blossey, Z Kuang, DM Romps - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The processes that fix the fractionation of the stable isotopologues of water in the tropical
tropopause layer (TTL) are studied using cloud‐resolving model simulations of an idealized …