Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: O values) from 19 stations across the tropics collected from 2012 to 2017 under the Coordinated Research Project F31004 sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Rainfall samples were collected daily and analysed for stable isotopic ratios of oxygen and hydrogen by participating laboratories following a common analytical framework. We also calculated daily mean stratiform rainfall area fractions around each station over an area of 5° x 5° longitude/latitude based on TRMM/GPM satellite data. Isotope time series, along with information on rainfall amount and stratiform/convective proportions provide a valuable tool for rainfall characterisation and to improve the ability of isotope-enabled Global Circulation Models to predict variability and availability of inputs to fresh water resources across the tropics.
Source: Scientific Reports
Authors: Niels C. Munksgaard, Naoyuki Kurita, Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo, Nasir Ahmed, Luis Araguas, Dagnachew L. Balachew, Michael I. Bird, Supriyo Chakraborty, Nguyen Kien Chinh, Kim M. Cobb, Shelby A. Ellis, Germain Esquivel-Hernández, Samuel Y. Ganyaglo, Jing Gao, Didier Gastmans, Kudzai F. Kaseke, Seifu Kebede, Marcelo R. Morales, Moritz Mueller, Seng Chee Poh, Vinícius dos Santos, He Shaoneng, Lixin Wang, Hugo Yacobaccio, Costijn Zwart
Institutions: Charles Darwin University, James Cook University, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya University, Universidad Nacional, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, International Atomic Energy Agency, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), University of California, Santa Barbara, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Addis Ababa University, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada, Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Nanyang Technological University, Earth Observatory of Singapore
Language: English
Subfield: Geochemistry and Petrology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,790
Awards: Stable isotopes applications for the assessment of the hydrological cycle process: precipitation and small catchments in São Paulo State, BR, G3744667669, CAREER: The effects of non-rainfall moisture inputs on dryland ecosystem functions, What is natural? Humans, megafauna and climate in northern Australia, G4402799499, G6081501916, US-Namibia Planning Visit: Building a Research Collaboration on the Effects of Non-rainfall Input on Dryland Ecosystem Functions
OpenAlex ID: W2980098648