• A Review on the Application of Stable Water Vapor Isotope Data to the Water Cycle Interpretation
  • Lee, Jeonghoon;Han, Yeongcheol;Koh, Dong-Chan;Kim, Songyi;Na, Un-Sung;
  • Dept. of Science Education, Ewha Womans University;Division of Climate Change, Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI);Groundwater Department, Korea Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources;Dept. of Science Education, Ewha Womans University;Division of Climate Change, Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI);
  • 수증기안정동위원소의 물순환 해석에의 적용에 대한 고찰
  • 이정훈;한영철;고동찬;김송이;나운성;
  • 이화여자대학교 과학교육과;극지연구소 극지기후변화연구부;한국지질자원연구원 지하수연구실;이화여자대학교 과학교육과;극지연구소 극지기후변화연구부;
Abstract
Studies using stable water vapor isotopes have been recently conducted over the past two decades because of difficulties in analysis and sample collection in the past. Stable water vapor isotope data provide information of the moisture transport from ocean to continent, which are also used to validate an isotope enabled general circulation model for paleoclimate reconstructions. The isotopic compositions of groundwater and water vapor also provide a clue to how moisture moves from soil to atmosphere by evapotranspiration. International Atomic Energy Agency designates the stations over the world to observe the water vapor isotopes. To analyze the water vapor isotopes, a cryogenic sampling method has been used over the past two decades. Recently, two types of laser-based spectroscopy have been developed and remotely sensed data from satellites have the global coverage. In this review, measurements of isotopic compositions of water vapor will be introduced and some studies using the water vapor isotopes will also be introduced. Finally, we will suggest the future study in Korea.

Keywords: Stable water vapor isotopes;Cryogenic sampling method;Laser-based spectroscopy;Evapotranspiration;

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This Article

  • 2015; 20(3): 34-40

    Published on Jun 30, 2015

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2015.20.3.034
  • Received on Feb 16, 2015
  • Revised on Apr 13, 2015
  • Accepted on Apr 20, 2015