Abstract:<p>Water isotopes measured in ice cores are well-known tracers of paleoclimate variations. The ratio of heavy to light isotope in snow is indeed strongly controlled by the temperature during condensation along the entire airmass transport. This allows the utilization of isotope variability in the water cycle in current climatic conditions, and on weather time scales, to try to pinpoint key events and processes building up (or re-stating) the isotope signature of a given air mass. Because isotopic… Show more
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