Stable Isotopes in Precipitation and Paleoclimatic Archives in Tropical Areas to Improve Regional Hydrological and Climatic Impact Models
Closed for Proposals
Project Type
Coordinated Research ProjectProject Code
F31004
CRP
1941
Approved Date
2013/02/08Project Status
ClosedStart Date
2013/07/04Expected End Date
2017/10/31Completed Date
2017/11/23Description
Precipitation stable isotopes can be used to trace the water cycle and to interpret paleoclimate archives. Forecasts of natural and future anthropogenic impacts on climate affecting fresh water require a better understanding of the factors controlling regionalized precipitation regimes. This is especially important in tropical areas, where the complexities of atmospheric circulation and the water cycle’s seasonal intensity limit our capacity to predict changes in precipitation patterns and water availability. This CRP focuses on present-day isotope information in modern precipitation and its use for the interpretation and validation of climate and hydrological models, and paleoclimatic archives in tropical regions.?Laser spectroscopic technology will facilitate low-cost stable isotope data collection at daily or event-based resolutions, which will be compared to isotope data obtained from various paleoclimate archives in the tropics, to better inform predictive regional and global climate impact models.
Objectives
To improve capability and expertise among Member States in the use of environmental isotopes to better assess impacts of climate change on water resources variability, availability and sustainability.
Specific Objectives
Improve interpretation of past climate archives such as speleothems, lake sediments, ice cores, tree rings, etc. using environmental isotopes in order to better understand regional to local climate dynamics and their possible impact on water resources at present and in the future
Improve regional climate and water balance model outputs by using present-day precipitation/vapour isotope data
Initiate/consolidate daily and/or event-based monitoring programmes of precipitation stable isotopes;?strengthen laser-based isotope analyses in Member States
Review/assess the level of understanding of the links between stable isotopes of precipitation and the various factors (effects) that control them in tropical regions at different spatial and temporal scales
Impact
The CRP successfully addressed and filled a major gaps related to the proper characterization of isotopic composition of precipitation in the tropics required for the use of stable isotopes in various scientific disciplines and many other practical and scientific applications. The fourteen participating teams established or reactivated an unprecedented number of rain monitoring sites (75) across the tropical regions, involving regular sampling at various temporal scales (daily, weekly and monthly). The unique isotope database generated in the framework of this CRP is required to better understand the atmospheric circulation and meteorological processes responsible of the observed isotope variability in precipitation and for the implementation of isotope hydrology project in several TC projects. This CRP provided a major contribution to the IAEA/WMO GNIP programme.
Relevance
The generation of baseline isotope data of precipitation in the tropics has improved the isotope coverage of the GNIP database and provided a large data set to reassess the factors controlling isotope variability in areas where the temperature variations through the year are minimal. Many environmental applications besides isotope hydrology, such as atmospheric sciences, atmospheric circulation modeling, paleoclimatic reconstructions, ecology or food authentication will eventually benefit from the new isotope data generated.
CRP Publications
Japan/Nagoya University
Journal Article
2015
Kurita, Naoyuki, Yasushi Fujiyoshi, Tomoki Nakayama, Yutaka Matsumi, and Hiroyuki Kitagawa. "East Asian Monsoon controls on the inter-annual variability in precipitation isotope ratio in Japan." Climate of the Past 11, no. 2 (2015): 339-353
Costa Rica/Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA)
Journal Article
2016
Sánchez-Murillo, Ricardo, and Christian Birkel. "Groundwater recharge mechanisms inferred from isoscapes in a complex tropical mountainous region." Geophysical Research Letters 43, no. 10 (2016): 5060-5069.
Australia/James Cook University
Journal Article
2016
Zwart, C., N. C. Munksgaard, N. Kurita, and M. I. Bird. "Stable isotopic signature of Australian monsoon controlled by regional convection." Quaternary Science Reviews 151 (2016): 228-235.
India/Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Journal Article
2016
Chakraborty, Supriyo, Nitesh Sinha, R. Chattopadhyay, S. Sengupta, P. M. Mohan, and A. Datye. "Atmospheric controls on the precipitation isotopes over the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal." Scientific reports 6, no. 1 (2016): 1-11.
Brazil/Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Journal Article
2019
dos Santos, Vinícius, Didier Gastmans, Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo, Luiz Felippe Gozzo, Ludmila Vianna Batista, Rodrigo Lilla Manzione, and Jorge Martinez. "Regional atmospheric dynamics govern interannual and seasonal stable isotope composition in southeastern Brazil." Journal of Hydrology 579 (2019): 124136.
Brazil/Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Journal Article
2019
dos Santos, Vinícius, Marcelo Dias de Oliveira, Jan Boll, Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo, Amauri Antonio Menegário, Luiz Felippe Gozzo, and Didier Gastmans. "Isotopic composition of precipitation during strong El Ni?o–Southern Oscillation events in the Southeast Region of Brazil." Hydrological Processes 33, no. 4 (2019): 647-660.
Costa Rica/Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA)
Journal Article
2019
Sánchez-Murillo, Ricardo, Ana M. Durán-Quesada, Germain Esquivel-Hernández, Daniela Rojas-Cantillano, Christian Birkel, Kristen Welsh, Minerva Sánchez-Llull et al. "Deciphering key processes controlling rainfall isotopic variability during extreme tropical cyclones." Nature communications 10, no. 1 (2019): 1-10.
Australia/James Cook University
Journal Article
2015
Munksgaard, Niels C., Costijn Zwart, Naoyuki Kurita, Adrian Bass, Jon Nott, and Michael I. Bird. "Stable isotope anatomy of tropical cyclone Ita, north-eastern Australia, April 2014." PloS one 10, no. 3 (2015): e0119728
USA/Georgia Institute of Technology
Journal Article
2020
Ellis, Shelby A., Kim M. Cobb, Jessica W. Moerman, Judson W. Partin, A. Landry Bennett, Jenny Malang, Hein Gerstner, and Andrew A. Tuen. "Extended cave drip water time series captures the 2015–2016 El Ni?o in northern Borneo." Geophysical Research Letters 47, no. 5 (2020):
India/Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Journal Article
2020
Lone, Aasif Mohmad, Hema Achyuthan, Supriyo Chakraborty, Abirlal Metya, Amey Datye, R. H. Kripalani, and A. A. Fousiya. "Controls on the isotopic composition of daily precipitation characterized by dual moisture transport pathways at the monsoonal margin region of North-Western India." Journal of Hydrology 588 (2020): 125106.
USA/Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Journal Article
2018
Kaseke, Kudzai Farai, Lixin Wang, Heike Wanke, Chao Tian, Matthew Lanning, and Wenzhe Jiao. "Precipitation origins and key drivers of precipitation isotope (18O, 2H, and 17O) compositions over Windhoek." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 123, no. 14 (2018): 7311-7330.
Argentina/Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Journal Article
2018
Samec, Celeste T., Hugo D. Yacobaccio, and Héctor O. Panarello. "Stable isotope compositions of South American camelids in the Dry Puna of Argentina: A frame of reference for the study of prehistoric herding and hunting strategies." Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 18 (2018): 628-636.
Costa Rica/Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA)
Journal Article
2019
Esquivel-Hernández, Germain, Giovanny M. Mosquera, Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo, Adolfo Quesada-Román, Christian Birkel, Patricio Crespo, Rolando Célleri, David Windhorst, Lutz Breuer, and Jan Boll. "Moisture transport and seasonal variations in the stable isotopic composition of rainfall in Central American and Andean Páramo during El Ni?o conditions (2015–2016)." Hydrological Processes 33, no. 13 (2019): 1802-1817.
Brazil/Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Journal Article
2017
Gastmans, Didier, Vinícius Santos, Juliana Aparecida Galhardi, Jo?o Felipe Gromboni, Ludmila Vianna Batista, Konrad Miotlinski, Hung Kiang Chang, and José Silvio Govone. "Controls over spatial and seasonal variations on isotopic composition of the precipitation along the central and eastern portion of Brazil." Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 53, no. 5 (2017): 518-538.
Costa Rica/Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA)
Journal Article
2013
Sánchez-Murillo, Ricardo, Germain Esquivel-Hernández, Kristen Welsh, Erin S. Brooks, Jan Boll, Rosa Alfaro-Solís, and Juan Valdés-González. "Spatial and temporal variation of stable isotopes in precipitation across Costa Rica: an analysis of historic GNIP records." Open Journal of Modern Hydrology 2013 (2013).
Ghana/National Nuclear Research Institute
Journal Article
2015
Adomako, Dickson, Abass Gibrilla, Piotr Maloszewski, Samuel Yao Ganyaglo, and Shive Prakash Rai. "Tracing stable isotopes (d2H and d18O) from meteoric water to groundwater in the Densu River basin of Ghana." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 187, no. 5 (2015): 1-15.
Singapore/Nanyang Technological University
Journal Article
2018
He, Shaoneng, Nathalie F. Goodkin, Dominik Jackisch, Maria Rosabelle Ong, and Dhrubajyoti Samanta. "Continuous real-time analysis of the isotopic composition of precipitation during tropical rain events: Insights into tropical convection." Hydrological Processes 32, no. 11 (2018): 1531-1545.
USA/Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Journal Article
2016
Kaseke, Kudzai Farai, Lixin Wang, Heike Wanke, Veronika Turewicz, and Paul Koeniger. "An analysis of precipitation isotope distributions across Namibia using historical data." PloS one 11, no. 5 (2016): e0154598.
Costa Rica/Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA)
Journal Article
2017
Sánchez-Murillo, R., Durán-Quesada, A.M., Birkel, C., Esquivel-Hernández, G. and Boll, J., 2017. Tropical precipitation anomalies and d-excess evolution during El Ni?o 2014-16. Hydrological Processes, 31(4), pp.956-967
Costa Rica/Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA)
Journal Article
2016
Sánchez-Murillo, Ricardo, Christian Birkel, Kristen Welsh, Germain Esquivel-Hernández, J. Corrales-Salazar, Jan Boll, E. Brooks et al. "Key drivers controlling stable isotope variations in daily precipitation of Costa Rica: Caribbean Sea versus Eastern Pacific Ocean moisture sources." Quaternary Science Reviews 131 (2016): 250-261.
Brazil/Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Journal Article
2021
Santos, Cleber, Rayonil Carneiro, Camilla Borges, Didier Gastmans, and Laura Borma. "Isotopic Composition of Precipitation in a Southeastern Region of Brazil during the Action of the South Atlantic Convergence Zone." Atmosphere 12, no. 4 (2021): 418.
Bangladesh/Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (INST)
Journal Article
2021
Islam, Mohammad Rubaiat, Jing Gao, Nasir Ahmed, Mohammad Masud Karim, Abdul Quaiyum Bhuiyan, Ariful Ahsan, and Shamsuddin Ahmed. "Controls on spatiotemporal variations of stable isotopes in precipitation across Bangladesh." Atmospheric Research 247 (2021): 105224.
Singapore/Nanyang Technological University
Journal Article
2018
He, Shaoneng, Nathalie F. Goodkin, Naoyuki Kurita, Xianfeng Wang, and Charles Martin Rubin. "Stable isotopes of precipitation during tropical Sumatra Squalls in Singapore." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 123, no. 7 (2018): 3812-3829.
Bangladesh/Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (INST)
Journal article
2020
Ahmed, N., Kurita, N., Chowdhury, M.A.M., Gao, J., Hassan, S.Q., Mannan, M.A., Mallik, M.A.K., Choudhury, S.A., Bhuiyan, M.A.Q. and Karim, M.M., 2020. Atmospheric factors controlling stable isotope variations in modern precipitation of the tropical region of Bangladesh. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 56(3), pp.220-237.