Isotopic composition of precipitation in Poland: a 44-year record

• Autorzy: Duliński Marek , Różański Kazimierz , Pierchała Anna , Gorczyca Zbigniew , Marzec Michał

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DOI

10.1007/s11600-019-00367-2

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Isotopic composition of precipitation (²H^/1H and ¹⁸O/¹⁶O isotope ratios, tritium content) is nowadays widely used in numerous applications of environmental isotopes—most notably in hydrology, climatology and biogeochemistry. Here we present a long record (44 years) of stable isotope composition and tritium content in monthly precipitation available for the Krakow station (southern Poland). Krakow is the only site in Poland for which long-term record of the isotopic composition of monthly precipitation is available. The tritium data are discussed here in the context of generally declining levels of bomb tritium in the global atmosphere and growing influence of technogenic emissions of this isotope. Two aspects of temporal variability of stable isotope composition of precipitation collected in Krakow are discussed here: (i) seasonality and (ii) interannual changes of δ¹⁸O and δ²H signal. Whereas the seasonality of stable isotope signal is generated mainly by seasonally varying the degree of rainout of air masses bringing moisture from the source regions (subtropical Atlantic Ocean) to the centre of the European continent, the North Atlantic Oscillation seems to govern interannual changes of δ¹⁸O and δ²H on the decadal timescale. Progressing warming of the local atmosphere, in the order of 1.8 °C in the past four decades, leaves its imprint in stable isotope signal measured in Krakow precipitation; the slope of isotope–temperature relationship is in the order of 0.50‰/°C for δ¹⁸O and 3.5‰/°C for δ²H.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

isotopes; deuterium; oxygen-18; precipitation; GNIP; NAO

PL

izotopy; deuter; tlen-18; opad atmosferyczny; GNIP; NAO

• Wydawca: Instytut Geofizyki PAN ; Springer
• Czasopismo: Acta Geophysica
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: Vol. 67, no. 6
• Strony: 1637--1648
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 35 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Duliński Marek

• Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland

autor

Różański Kazimierz

• Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland

autor

Pierchała Anna

• Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland

autor

Gorczyca Zbigniew

• Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland

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Marzec Michał

• Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland

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