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Variation of precipitation in Langtang Valley,Himalayas |
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| Authors: | ZHANG Xinping Masayoshi NAKAWO Koji Fujita YAO Tanndong Han Jiankang |
| Institution: | 1. Nanjing lnstitute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences;lnstitute of Territory and Environment Research, Hunan Normal University 2. lnstitute for Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Sciences, Nagoya University, 3. Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research lnstitute, 4. lnstitute of Territory and Environment Research, Hunan Normal University, |
| Abstract: | The variation of the δ 18O in precipitation and the relationship with precipitation amountat Kyangjin Base House and Yala Glacier Camp in Langtang Valley, Nepal Himalayas were ana-lyzed. The variations of the δ 18O with precipitation had great scatter, and the correlations betweenthe δ18O and precipitation changed with time on the synoptic scale. On the seasonal scale, therewas marked amount effect at Kyangjin Base House. However, the δ18O-precipitation gradient wassmaller than that on the synoptic scale. Because of the maintenance of the basic equilibrium be-tween stable isotopic compositions in atmospheric vapor and precipitation, the evaporation en-richment was light during the rainy season. Therefore, the variation of stable isotopic compositionsin precipitation was independent on the sampling intervals. Simulations show that the rainfall inLangtang Valley was not the outcome of the initial condensation of ocean vapor that originatedfrom low latitudes. The stable isotopic compositions in precipitation were greatly depleted due tothe strong rainout of the vapor from oceans as the vapor was raised over the Himalayas |
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