Illuminating hydrological processes at the soil‐vegetation‐atmosphere interface with water stable isotopes

M Sprenger, H Leistert, K Gimbel… - Reviews of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Water stable isotopes (18O and 2H) are widely used as ideal tracers to track water through
the soil and to separate evaporation from transpiration. Due to the technical developments in …

Stable isotope mass balance of lakes: a contemporary perspective

JJ Gibson, SJ Birks, Y Yi - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The theoretical basis for application of stable isotope mass balance of lakes is described for
a range of climatic situations including low latitude, high latitude, high altitude, continental …

Terrestrial water fluxes dominated by transpiration

S Jasechko, ZD Sharp, JJ Gibson, SJ Birks, Y Yi… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Renewable fresh water over continents has input from precipitation and losses to the
atmosphere through evaporation and transpiration. Global-scale estimates of transpiration …

The pronounced seasonality of global groundwater recharge

S Jasechko, SJ Birks, T Gleeson… - Water Resources …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater recharged by meteoric water supports human life by providing two billion
people with drinking water and by supplying 40% of cropland irrigation. While annual …

Stable isotopes in global lakes integrate catchment and climatic controls on evaporation

Y Vystavna, A Harjung, LR Monteiro, I Matiatos… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Global warming is considered a major threat to Earth's lakes water budgets and quality.
However, flow regulation, over-exploitation, lack of hydrological data, and disparate …

Effects of climatic seasonality on the isotopic composition of evaporating soil waters

P Benettin, THM Volkmann… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2018 - hess.copernicus.org
Stable water isotopes are widely used in ecohydrology to trace the transport, storage, and
mixing of water on its journey through landscapes and ecosystems. Evaporation leaves a …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of evaporative loss based on the stable isotope composition of water using Hydrocalculator

G Skrzypek, A Mydłowski, S Dogramaci, P Hedley… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Accurate quantification of evaporative losses to the atmosphere from surface water bodies is
essential for calibration and validation of hydrological models, particularly in remote arid and …

Soil water stable isotopes reveal evaporation dynamics at the soil–plant–atmosphere interface of the critical zone

M Sprenger, D Tetzlaff… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
Understanding the influence of vegetation on water storage and flux in the upper soil is
crucial in assessing the consequences of climate and land use change. We sampled the …

[HTML][HTML] Using stable isotopes to assess surface water source dynamics and hydrological connectivity in a high-latitude wetland and permafrost influenced landscape

P Ala-Aho, C Soulsby, OS Pokrovsky, SN Kirpotin… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate change is expected to alter hydrological and biogeochemical processes in high-
latitude inland waters. A critical question for understanding contemporary and future …

Inferring the source of evaporated waters using stable H and O isotopes

GJ Bowen, A Putman, JR Brooks, DR Bowling… - Oecologia, 2018 - Springer
Stable isotope ratios of H and O are widely used to identify the source of water, eg, in
aquifers, river runoff, soils, plant xylem, and plant-based beverages. In situations where the …