A review of precipitation isotope studies in China: Basic pattern and hydrological process

In the paper, the development of precipitation isotope observation networks in China was reviewed, and recent achievements in isoscape and environmental effect of precipitation stable isotopes were summarized; the hydrological process studies based on precipitation isotopes in China during recent decade were also reviewed. In past decades, the spatial and seasonal patterns of precipitation isotopes have been investigated nationwide, especially after the participation in GNIP (Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation) and the establishment of CHNIP (Chinese Network of Isotopes in Precipitation), although long-term measurements are still limited; besides the nationwide network, a series of regional networks has been widely established across China. From the traditional manual drawing to the computer- aided mapping, and then to the simulation using isotope-equipped models, the productions of precipitation isoscape have been improved. The main factors controlling precipitation isotopes were summarized, and the potential significances of isotopes in climate proxies were mentioned. The recent studies about influence of raindrop sub-cloud secondary evaporation on isotopes were reviewed; based on the precipitation isotope and other parameters, the contribution of recycled moisture (evaporation and transpiration) in local precipitation can be estimated using three- or two-component mixing models. Finally, some prospects of precipitation isotope studies in China were presented.     

中国的降水同位素研究——基本特征与水文过程（英文）

In the paper, the development of precipitation isotope observation networks in China was reviewed, and recent achievements in isoscape and environmental effect of precipitation stable isotopes were summarized; the hydrological process studies based on precipitation isotopes in China during recent decade were also reviewed. In past decades, the spatial and seasonal patterns of precipitation isotopes have been investigated nationwide, especially after the participation in GNIP(Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation) and the establishment of CHNIP(Chinese Network of Isotopes in Precipitation), although long-term measurements are still limited; besides the nationwide network, a series of regional networks has been widely established across China. From the traditional manual drawing to the computer-aided mapping, and then to the simulation using isotope-equipped models, the productions of precipitation isoscape have been improved. The main factors controlling precipitation isotopes were summarized, and the potential significances of isotopes in climate proxies were mentioned. The recent studies about influence of raindrop sub-cloud secondary evaporation on isotopes were reviewed; based on the precipitation isotope and other parameters, the contribution of recycled moisture(evaporation and transpiration) in local precipitation can be estimated using three- or two-component mixing models. Finally, some prospects of precipitation isotope studies in China were presented.     

阿尔泰山降水氢氧稳定同位素特征及水汽来源分析

阿尔泰山横亘于亚欧大陆中部,是中纬度西风带气候研究的重点区域之一。利用阿尔泰山地区4个站点的监测数据,研究了该区域降水氢氧稳定同位素的年内变化特征及大气降水线方程,分析了降水同位素的温度效应,并利用后向轨迹探讨了水汽来源。结果表明：（1） 阿尔泰山各站点降水同位素比率在季节上表现为夏高冬低,且南侧站点的季节差异比北侧大,除Novosibirsk外大多数站点的降水氘盈余值为夏低冬高。（2） 除Novosibirsk外,研究区大多数站点大气降水线方程的斜率和截距都低于全球平均值。（3） 各站点降水同位素存在明显的温度效应,体现在季节变化和空间分布上。（4） 后向轨迹表明,研究区受到西风水汽、极地水汽和近源水汽路径的影响,且偏北站点可能受极地水汽路径的影响更大。上述认识有助于明确阿尔泰山不同区域降水同位素时空变化反映的水文气候信息,并为该区域大气水循环及气候变化研究提供参考。     

Precipitation isotopes in the Tianshan Mountains as a key to water cycle in arid central Asia

The Tianshan Mountains is a wet island in arid central Asia, and precipitation amount across the mountains is much larger than that in the surrounding low-lying areas. To investigate the regional water cycle in arid central Asia, stable isotope composition in precipitation has received increased attention during the past decades. This paper reviewed current knowledge of observed and simulated stable isotope ratios in precipitation across the Tianshan Mountains. The temperature effect of stable isotopes in precipitation has been widely accepted in arid central Asia and can be applied to paleoclimate reconstruction using ice cores. The seasonality of precipitation isotopically enriched in summer months and depleted in winter months is usually attributed to westerly-dominated moisture, but different trajectory paths to the northern and southern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains can still be modelled. The proportional contribution and its uncertainty of surface evaporation and transpiration to local precipitation can be estimated using the isotope approach, and transpiration plays a dominant role in recycled moisture for oasis sites. The impact of below-cloud evaporation on precipitation stable isotopes on the southern slope is usually larger than that on the northern slope.     

海河流域降水稳定同位素的云底二次蒸发效应

云底二次蒸发导致的同位素动力分馏可显著影响观测的降水同位素组成和大气水线。本文利用海河流域7个监测站点的降水δ²H和δ¹⁸O数据,分析了云底二次蒸发对流域降水同位素的影响。结果表明：流域降雨水样的大气水线为δ²H=7.19δ¹⁸O-0.74,显著不同于降雪水样的大气水线(δ²H=8.42δ¹⁸O+15.88);流域降雨,特别是小降雨(<5 mm)事件,易受到云底二次蒸发的影响,导致其大气水线的斜率和截距均随着降雨量的减小而减小。流域降雨同位素的云底二次蒸发主要受气温和相对湿度控制,随着气温的升高和相对湿度的减小,云底二次蒸发加剧,导致观测的地面降雨富集重的同位素,同时伴随的同位素动力分馏导致流域降水过量氘(d)值以及大气水线的斜率和截距均减小。与平原地区相比较,流域山间盆地地区受“雨影效应”影响,气候相对干燥,其降雨同位素受更强的云底二次蒸发影响。观测期间,流域小的降雨事件占总降水事件的42%,故云底二次蒸发对流域降水同位素具有重要的影响。     

Distribution features of stable oxygen isotopes in the typical monsoon temperate-glacier region, Mountain Yulong in China

During the summers of 1999 and 2000, sampling was carried out in Mt. Yulong, for the investigation of the spatial distribution of oxygen stable isotope in the atmospheric glacial hydro system and similar results obtained in the two years have confirmed our conclusion. There is an evident negative correlation between stable isotopic composition and air temperature precipitation amount, suggesting that there exits a strong "precipitation amount effect" in this typical monsoon temperate glacier region. There are marked differences between the δ 18 O values in winter accumulated snow, glacial meltwater, summer precipitation and glacier feeding stream. Under the control of varied climatic conditions, spatial and temporal variations of above glacial hydro mediums are apparent. Isotopic depletion or fractionation and ionic changes had occurred during the phase change and transformation processes of snow ice, ice meltwater, flowing of runoff and contact with bedrock. The variation of stable isotope in a runoff can reflect not only its own flowing process but also its different feeding sources.     

台风“海马”对洞庭湖流域降水同位素的影响研究

基于2011年第4号台风“海马”登陆前后洞庭湖流域内长沙降水同位素资料,分析了降水同位素的变化特征以及水汽输送对降水同位素的影响。结果表明：台风“海马”在洞庭湖流域内长沙所形成降水的大气水线的斜率和截距均小于长沙夏季大气水线,这与根据同位素分馏理论做出的推测相吻合。台风天气系统影响下的流域降水δ ¹⁸O值为研究时段内的最低值,即降水同位素被显著贫化,而降水过量氘（deuterium excess,记为d）波动明显要小于其他时段,后者反映了形成台风降水的水汽来源较为单一。研究时段内长沙降水d指示台风降水前、台风降水中两个阶段水汽来源于西太平洋,水汽输送轨迹也印证了降水d所指示的水汽来源情况,如流域台风降水的水汽主要来自前期台风输送至南海北部的西太平洋水汽。台风降水后这一阶段降水中d指示海洋水汽来源的效果降低,其原因在于海洋水汽输送减少、陆地蒸发旺盛以及下落雨滴蒸发强烈所致。     

东台沟实验流域降水氧同位素特征与水汽来源

运用环境同位素技术研究水循环中水分子组成发生的微观变化,是兴起于20世纪中期研究宏观、微观水文过程机理的新技术。研究流域降水同位素时间和空间变化规律以及与降水要素的相关关系,对于研究流域水资源属性具有重要的理论与实践意义。本文以北京市怀柔区汤河口镇东台沟实验流域为研究对象,研究了该流域2003年7月至10月降水氧同位素含量及降水的时空变化,分析了降水δ¹⁸O与降水量、高程及空气湿度的关系,评估了雨量、高程及空气湿度等因子对降水过程的影响及作用,阐明了其间实验流域降水δ¹⁸O的时空分布规律,并得出实验流域在实验期间降水的主要水汽来源为由东南向西北方向。     

洞庭湖流域不同水体中同位素研究

在洞庭湖流域内的长沙、汨罗、怀化对大气降水、地表水（河水）、地下水（泉水、井水）进行了取样,分析了流域内不同水体中稳定水同位素的变化特征以及它们之间的转化关系。研究发现地处亚热带季风区的洞庭湖流域,地表水、地下水中同位素继承了降水同位素冬半年富集、夏半年贫化的特征,但存在不同程度的滞后。同时,降水同位素的变化幅度及波动性明显大于地表水及地下水,而地表水、地下水中同位素较降水中要富集。流域内河水中同位素大致表现出随纬度升高而贫化的趋势,这主要受降水同位素场的影响。流域内长沙河水、井水、泉水中同位素组成均位于大气水线附近且分别大致位于一直线上,这说明大气降水是这3种水体的主要补给源。不同季节河水、井水、泉水中同位素组成与大气水线的比较则进一步反映出了不同水体在不同季节的转化关系。     

西南地区大气降水中氢氧稳定同位素特征与水汽来源

为阐明西南地区稳定同位素与大气降水的关系,对GNIP昆明、贵阳、桂林、成都站点δD和δ18O进行分析,初步建立当地大气降水线方程,并与中国及全国降水线方程进行对比,揭示该降水线方程的特征.研究表明：大气降水稳定同位素组成受到温度、蒸发、水汽源地等多种因素的相互影响,在不同时间有很大差异.西南地区降水中的δ18O值表现出“夏高冬低”的季节特点.d值呈现出降水中过量氘水汽来源不同的特点,贵阳和桂林地区d值表现为“冬高夏低”的季节特点,而昆明和成都地区却与此相反,d值则表现为“夏高冬低”独特的季节性特征.     

台风“灿鸿”期间中国东部沿海城市降水中稳定同位素的变化及影响因素

为探讨极端天气降水中稳定同位素的变化,应用2015年9号台风“灿鸿”影响期间中国东部沿海城市台北、温岭、海宁、南通降水中稳定同位素资料,分析降水中稳定同位素的时空变化。结果表明：台风“灿鸿”影响期间,台北降水的δ18O平均值为-4.40‰,为最高值;温岭降水δ18O的平均值最低,为-9.80‰;海宁与南通降水的δ18O平均值居于两者之间,分别为-8.83‰和-7.88‰。4地降水δ18O均呈现出2个阶段的“厂”型变化特征。“灿鸿”降水δ18O值在时空分布上冲刷效应明显,采样站点距离台风中心越近降水δ18O值越低d值越高。台风灿鸿影响期间整个降水过程以湿润的热带海洋气团为主,台北阶段1降水受台风外围云系影响,降水的冲刷程度较轻,δ18O值偏高;台北阶段2降水与温岭降水受单一水汽团冲刷效应影响,降水δ18O不断降低;海宁和南通与灿鸿中心的距离基本相似,且水汽源相同,降水δ18O值波动比较接近。     

Satellite-measured water vapor isotopologues across the Tianshan Mountains,central Asia

The satellite-based water vapor stable isotope measurements have been widely used in modern hydrological and atmospheric studies. Their use is important for arid areas where the precipitation events are limited, and below-cloud evaporation is strong. This study presents the spatial and temporal characteristics of water vapor isotopologue across the Tianshan Mountains in arid central Asia using the NASA Aura Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES). The near-surface water vapor stable isotopes are enriched in summer and depleted in winter, consistent with the seasonality of precipitation isotopes. From the surface to 200 hPa, the isotope values in water vapor show a decreasing trend as the atmospheric pressure decreases and elevation rises. The vapor isotope values in the lower atmosphere in the southern basin of the Tianshan Mountains are usually higher than that in the northern basin, and the seasonal difference in vapor isotopes is slightly more significant in the southern basin. In addition, bottom vapor isotopologue in summer shows a depletion trend from west to east, consistent with the rainout effect of the westerly moisture path in central Asia. The isotopic signature provided by the TES is helpful to understand the moisture transport and below-cloud processes influencing stable water isotopes in meteoric water.     

Investigating Late Holocene Climate Variability in Central Mexico using Carbon Isotope Ratios in Organic Materials and Oxygen Isotope Ratios from Diatom Silica within Lacustrine Sediments

Previous studies have shown that moisture availability in the central highlands of Mexico during the last 3000 years has been highly variable, but evidence remains ambiguous since the climatic signal is partially masked by that of human activity. Here we use two isotope systems to provide evidence for environmental change in Laguna Zacapu, Michoacán covering this time period. Carbon isotope ratios of organic material suggest that there have been fluctuations in the carbon pool related to plant productivity, possibly as a result of changes in the abundance of aquatic plants around the lake margins. The drainage basin and lake have been managed intensively during the 20th century. Lake level apparently fell during the early part of the century, but has been artificially controlled since the 1950s. The oxygen isotope ratios from diatom silica should provide the more unambiguous climate signal, although we show that the interpretation of the diatom oxygen isotope record is far from straight forward. Zacapu is a spring-fed, non-evaporating system and changes in δ¹⁸O_diatom are likely to be a function of changes in δ¹⁸O of precipitation, due to either temperature and salinity variation in the Gulf of Mexico (associated with changes in the Bond cycles from the North Atlantic or the Loop current from the Carribean) and/or changing moisture contributions from different air masses (Gulf of Mexico vs. Pacific). Changes in the Gulf of Mexico are possibly at a resolution comparable to the periodicity we see in the δ¹⁸O_diatom record, although without better dating the comparison is speculative.     

青海湖沙柳河流域浅层地下水不同时期补给特征

地下水稳定同位素组成的时空变化特征可以反映不同时期、不同区域地下水补给来源的差异。通过青海湖沙柳河流域浅层地下水氢氧稳定同位素组成的时空变化特征以及地下水、河水与降雨之间的补给关系的分析,结果显示：季风时期,地下水主要受降雨入渗和河流侧向补给为主,在补给过程中蒸发作用是影响地下水稳定同位素值的主要因素;非季风期,冰雪融水对低值区的地下水影响显著,同时降水的快速入渗则是该时期高值区地下水的主要补给方式之一。地下水同位素高值区,地下水与河水间补给作用较弱,补给时间超过5个月;地下水同位素低值区,地下水与河水补给关系较为密切,补给时间在1~4个月间。本文所得结论可初步反映干旱半干旱内陆流域地下水稳定同位素特征以及补给方式的基本规律,在一定程度上可为流域地下水及其他水体间的转换研究提供科学依据,并为地下水资源管理和水环境治理提供一定理论指导。     

Lead and its isotopic ratios in atmospheric precipitation in the Baikal region and Primorski Krai

Presented are the results from investigating the lead isotopic composition in atmospheric precipitation in the Baikal region and Primorski Krai. It is established that at three stations of the Baikal region, differing in their physical-geographical location and in the degree of anthropogenic influence, the isotopic ratios are similar to those for lead ores of Kazakhstan, the main supplier of lead to Russia. Atmospheric precipitation in Primorski Krai is intermittently influenced by the trans-boundary transport of atmospheric impurities from industrial areas of China.     

Stable carbon isotopes (δ<Superscript>13</Superscript>C) of total organic carbon and long-chain <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-alkanes as proxies for climate and environmental change in a sediment core from Lake Petén-Itzá, Guatemala

Sediment core PI-6 from Lake Petén Itzá, Guatemala, possesses an ~85-ka record of climate and environmental change from lowland Central America. Variations in sediment lithology suggest large and abrupt changes in precipitation during the last glacial and deglacial periods, and into the early Holocene. We measured stable carbon isotope ratios of total organic carbon and long-chain n-alkanes from the core, the latter representing a largely allochthonous (terrestrial) source of organic matter, to reveal past shifts in the relative proportion of C₃–C₄ terrestrial biomass. We sought to test whether stable carbon isotope results were consistent with other paleoclimate proxies measured in the PI-6 core, and if extraction and isotope analysis of n-alkanes is warranted. The largest δ¹³C variations are associated with Heinrich Events. Carbon isotope values in sediments deposited during the last glacial maximum indicate moderate precipitation with little fluctuation. The deglacial was a period of pronounced climate variability, e.g. a relatively warm and moist Bølling–Allerød, but a cool and dry Younger Dryas. Arid periods of the deglacial were inferred from samples with high δ¹³C values in total organic carbon, which reflect times of greater proportions of C₄ plants. These inferences are supported by stable isotope measurements on ostracod shells and relative abundance of grass pollen from the same depths in core PI-6. Similar trends in carbon stable isotopes measured on bulk organic carbon and n-alkanes suggest that carbon isotope measures on bulk organic carbon in sediments from this lake are sufficient to infer past climate-driven shifts in local vegetation.     

Oxygen-18 in different waters in Urumqi River Basin

The variations of the stable oxygen isotope in different water mediums in Urumqi River Basin, China, are analyzed. The stable oxygen isotope in precipitation has marked temperature effect either under synoptic or seasonal scale at the head of Urumqi River. The linear regression equations of δ18O against temperature are δ18O=0.94T-12.38 and δ18O=1.29T-13.05 under the two time scales, respectively. The relatively large δ18O/temperature slopes show the strong sensitivity of δ18O in precipitation to temperature variation at the head of Urumqi River. According to the analyses on the δ18O in precipitation sampled at three stations with different altitudes along Urumqi River, altitude effect is notable in the drainage basin. The δ18O/altitude gradients have distinct differences: the gradient from Urumqi to Yuejinqiao is merely -0.054‰/hm, but -0.192‰/hm from Yuejinqiao to Daxigou, almost increasing by 2.6 times over the former. No altitude effect is found in surface firn in the east branch of Glacier No.1 at the head of Urumqi River, showing that precipitation in the glacier is from the cloud cluster with the same condensation level. Influenced by strong ablation and evaporation, the δ18O in surface firn increases with increasing altitude sometimes. Survey has found that the δ18O in meltwater at the terminus of Glacier No.1 and in stream water at Total Control have the similar change trend with the former all smaller than the latter, which displays the different runoff recharges, and all mirror the regime of temperature in the same term basically.     

民勤春季强降水过程的气候特征及其成因

干旱区春季强降水对安排春耕播种生产、缓解风沙危害和春旱、净化空气质量、改善生态环境和促进农作物生长具有十分重要的意义。以1953-2015年民勤春季3-5月降水为背景,针对2001-2015年春季日降水量≥5 mm强降水天气过程,综合运用地面、高空和云图等气象资料,以及NCEP再分析资料,通过12个春季典型干湿年对比分析,得出春季强降水过程的气候特征和成因。1953-2015年民勤春季强降水日数和降水量呈增加趋势,过程特点是降水时间长,集中在上午,多为连续降水。新疆至河西冷空气东移南下,与青藏高原低值系统、深厚湿层共同影响,生成高原云系发展北抬造成民勤春季强降水。春季强降水的发生,与欧亚纬向气流、高原低槽和东亚大槽的强度密切相关。预报关注重点是西北冷空气、高原天气系统和云系、偏南气流水汽输送。     

河西走廊典型荒漠区土壤水分对降水脉动响应的稳定同位素分析

基于稳定同位素技术研究了河西走廊中部典型荒漠区土壤水分对降水脉动的响应。结果表明：降水分布及其δ¹⁸O值都存在显著的季节变化特征,降水事件多发生在夏季,且有较高的δ¹⁸O值,而冬季降水稀少,且δ¹⁸O值偏低。降水以脉动方式输入土壤中,不同量级的降水事件会导致土壤含水量和δ¹⁸O值不同程度的响应。降水入渗后不同深度的土壤含水量和δ¹⁸O值的响应程度和响应时间不同,土壤深度越大,响应程度越小且响应时间越滞后。对比降水δ¹⁸O值和降水后不同深度的土壤水δ¹⁸O值的变化发现,表层土壤能够迅速的对降水做出响应,下层土壤的响应具有滞后性。即这种自上而下的活塞式下渗是该区主要的降水入渗方式。荒漠区土壤水分受降水的调节和控制,但是深层土壤水受小降水事件的影响较小,大降水事件虽然发生频率较小,但是能够对深层土壤水形成有效的补给,对整个荒漠生态系统的可持续发展都具有十分重要的意义。     

Environmental changes in northern New Zealand since the Middle Holocene inferred from stable isotope records (δ15N, δ13C) of Lake Pupuke

Maar lakes in the Auckland Volcanic Field are important high-resolution archives of Holocene environmental change in the Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses were applied on bulk organic matter and the green alga Botryococcus from a sediment core from Lake Pupuke (Auckland, North Island, New Zealand) spanning the period since 7,165?cal.?year BP. The origin of organic matter was established using total-organic?Ccarbon-to-nitrogen ratios (TOC/TN) as well as organic carbon (??¹³C_OM) and nitrogen (??¹⁵N) isotope composition of potential modern sources. This approach demonstrated that the contribution of allochthonous organic matter to the lake sediment was negligible for most of the record. The sedimentary TOC/TN ratios that are higher than Redfield ratio (i.e. >7) are attributed to N-limiting conditions throughout the record. Variations of nitrogen and carbon isotopes during the last 7,165?years are interpreted as changes in the dominant processes in the lake. While epilimnetic primary productivity controlled isotope composition before 6,600?cal.?year BP, microbial processes, especially denitrification and methane oxidation, caused overall shifts of the ??¹⁵N and ??¹³C values since the Mid-Holocene. Comparisons with climate reconstructions from the Northern Island suggest that changes in the wind-induced lake overturn and a shift to more pronounced seasonality were the most likely causes for lake-internal changes since 6,600?cal.?year BP.