Influence of Summer Sublimation on δD, δ18O, and δ17O in Precipitation, East Antarctica, and Implications for Climate Reconstruction From Ice Cores

Autor: Pang, Hongxi, Hou, Shugui, Landais, Amaelle, Masson‐Delmotte, Valérie, Jouzel, Jean, Steen‐Larsen, Hans Christian, Risi, Camille, Zhang, Wangbin, Wu, Shuangye, Li, Yuansheng, An, Chunlei, Wang, Yetang, Prie, Frederic, Minster, Bénédicte, Falourd, Sonia, Stenni, Barbara, Scarchilli, Claudio, Fujita, Koji, Grigioni, Paolo
Zdroj: Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres; July 2019, Vol. 124 Issue: 13 p7339-7358, 20p
Abstrakt: In central Antarctica, where accumulation rates are very low, summer sublimation of surface snow is a key element of the surface mass balance, but its fingerprint in isotopic composition of water (δD, δ18O, and δ17O) remains unclear. In this study, we examined the influence of summer sublimation on δD, δ18O, and δ17O in precipitation using data sets of isotopic composition of precipitation at various sites on the inland East Antarctica. We found unexpectedly low δ18O values in the summer precipitation, decoupled from surface air temperatures. This feature can be explained by the combined effects of weak or nonexistent temperature inversion and moisture recycling associated with sublimation‐condensation processes in summer. Isotopic fractionation during the moisture‐recycling process also explains the observed high values of d‐excess and 17O‐excess in summer precipitation. Our results suggest that the local cycle of sublimation‐condensation in summer is an important process for the isotopic composition of surface snow, water vapor, and consequently precipitation on inland East Antarctica. Isotopic composition in summer precipitation on inland East Antarctica is more depleted than expected from the range of surface air temperatures during precipitationThe strong depletion of isotopic composition in summer precipitation are caused by the combined effects of weak or nonexistent temperature inversion and moisture recycling associated with snow sublimationIsotopic fractionation occurs during the moisture recycling process
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