18O/16O, 2H/1H and 3H measurements on precipitation and air moisture samples from the North Water area

Schriber, G.; Stauffer, B.; Müller, F. (1977). 18O/16O, 2H/1H and 3H measurements on precipitation and air moisture samples from the North Water area. In: Isotopes and impurities in snow and ice. Proceedings of the Grenoble symposium. IAHS Red Book Series: Vol. 118 (pp. 182-187). International Association of Hydrological Sciences

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From 1972 to 1974 a mesoclimatic study was conducted in the North Water area between north Greenland and Ellesmere Island, with the aim of assessing the influence of this polynya.
In support of the climatological and glaciological programme of the North Water Project an isotope study was carried out. At Coburg Island, Carey Island and Cape Herschel precipitation and air moisture were systematically collected.
The analysis of all samples collected from November 1972 to May 1973 on Coburg Island is complete. In the precipitation samples the 18O/16O and 2H/XH ratios as well as the tritium content were measured, for the air moisture samples the 18O/16O ratios were determined.
The data obtained from the precipitation and air moisture samples show remarkable correlation with the temperature; however, the air moisture samples may be affected by isotopic fractionation during collection.
The isotopic data suggest that approximately 25 per cent of the precipitation is of local origin.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Climate and Environmental Physics

UniBE Contributor:

Stauffer, Bernhard

Subjects:

500 Science > 530 Physics

Series:

IAHS Red Book Series

Publisher:

International Association of Hydrological Sciences

Language:

English

Submitter:

BORIS Import 2

Date Deposited:

02 Aug 2022 12:41

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:54

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Symposium held during the XVI Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/161105

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/161105

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