Spatial and temporal variations of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes and sources of water vapour indicated from satellite precipitation products along the transection of 38°north latitude in North China

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202106.026

Abstract

Abstract: The variations of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in rainfall are critical for understanding the sources of rainfall and the influence of local evaporation. Satellite precipitation products with high time resolution (for instance 1 h) could be helpful for testifying the accuracy of water sources, as it can clearly illustrate the route of cloud movement. In this study, we analyzed the composition of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in different rainfall events in three stations from 2015 to 2018 along the transection of 38° N latitude from Taihang Mountains to the coastal region in North China, Taihang Mountain Station (mountainous area), Luancheng Station (pre-mountain plain) and Nanpi Station (coastal low plain). By selecting typical rainfall events, water vapor sources and its influence rainfall on hydrogen and oxygen isotopes were analyzed with hourly available CMORPH satellite precipitation products. Results showed that the hydrogen and oxygen isotopes of precipitation were cha-racterized by enrichment in the rainy season and depletion in the dry season. The hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in the rainy season showed a tendency of depletion with the increases of precipitation. The slope and intercept of the fitted relationship of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in the piedmont region of the mountains were the lowest, indicating that precipitation in the piedmont plain was significantly affected by secondary evaporation fractionation. The effect of evaporation resulted in the largest variations of isotope ratio in the dry year. In the mountainous station, due to the heavy rainfall, large isotopic variation was found in rich precipitation year. Based on the route analysis of sate-llite precipitation products, dominant water vapor in the region was inland and northwest-oriented water vapor, while water vapor in the rainy season was from southwest and from the Pacific Ocean. There was a significant difference in the hydrogen and oxygen isotopes of precipitation in the mountainous and plain stations in 2016, owing to water vapor sources and effects of rainfall for the mountainous and evaporation for plain. The results from HYSPLIT model showed that during the rainstorm on 19th July in 2016, water vapor at the mountainous station was mainly from the southwest, while that in the coastal plain was a mixture of southwest and southeast sources. Overall, our results showed that spatial and temporal variations of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes were controlled by both water sources and evaporation processes along the transection of 38° north latitude in North China.

Key words: the transection of 38° north latitude in North China, hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in rainfall, heavy rainstorm event, CMORPH Satellite Precipitation Products, HYSPLIT model

TAN Kang-da, WANG Shi-qin, ZHENG Wen-bo. Spatial and temporal variations of hydrogen and oxygen isotopes and sources of water vapour indicated from satellite precipitation products along the transection of 38°north latitude in North China[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021, 32(6): 1951-1962.

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