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Disentangling controls of multi-scale variability in precipitation stable isotopes at Yadong and Ali on the Tibetan Plateau
Ke Li
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Center for the Pan-Third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Jingjing Yang
Center for the Pan-Third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Xiaowei Niu
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Aibin Zhao
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Gebanruo Chen
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Yuqing Wu
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
Yigang Liu
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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This study characterized event-based precipitation stable isotopes (δ¹⁸O, δD) at Yadong and Ali from May 2021 to September 2023 to investigate climate controls of variability in precipitation stable isotopes on the Tibetan Plateau across daily, synoptic, seasonal, and interannual scales. We characterize the influence of shifting moisture sources under westerly and Indian Summer Monsoon transport regimes, and the differential impact of El Niño and La Niña events on precipitation isotopes.
This study characterized event-based precipitation stable isotopes (δ¹⁸O, δD) at Yadong and...
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