Acta Geographica Sinica ›› 2015, Vol. 70 ›› Issue (1): 97-109.doi: 10.11821/dlxb201501008
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Xiaokang LIU(), Zhiguo RAO(
), Xiaojian ZHANG, Wei HUANG, Jianhui CHEN, Fahu CHEN
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2014-09-12
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2014-11-11
Online:
2015-01-20
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2015-01-20
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Xiaokang LIU, Zhiguo RAO, Xiaojian ZHANG, Wei HUANG, Jianhui CHEN, Fahu CHEN. Variations in the oxygen isotopic composition of precipitation in the Tianshan Mountains region and their significance for the Westerly circulation[J].Acta Geographica Sinica, 2015, 70(1): 97-109.
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Fig. 2
Variations of monthly δ18Op, temperature and precipitation amount at Urumqi (a) and Hotan (b) stations; linear correlations between monthly δ18Op and temperature at Urumqi (c) and Hotan (d) stations; and linear correlations between monthly δ18Op and precipitation amount at Urumqi (e) and Hotan (f) stations
Tab. 1
Information about the localities and precipitation δ18O (δ18Op) data of 14 GNIP stations in the Eurasian continent and their weighted average warm season (May to September) δ18Op values in 1997 and 1988
站点编号 | 站点名称 | 所处国家 | 纬度(°N) | 经度(°E) | 观测年份 | 1997年加权平均暖季δ18Op (‰, VSMOW) | 有同位素数据月份 | 1988年加权平均暖季δ18Op (‰, VSMOW) | 有同位素数据月份 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1713000 | 安卡拉 | 土耳其 | 39.95 | 32.88 | 1963-2009 | -5.78 | 5-8月 | -5.88 | 5-8月 |
2221700 | 坎达拉克沙湾 | 俄罗斯 | 67.15 | 32.35 | 1996-2000 | -12.10 | 5-9月 | - | - |
2606300 | 圣彼得堡 | 俄罗斯 | 59.97 | 30.30 | 1980-1990 | - | - | -10.70 | 5-9月 |
2642200 | 里加 | 拉脱维亚 | 56.97 | 24.07 | 1969-1989 | - | - | -6.35 | 5-9月 |
2719600 | 基洛夫 | 俄罗斯 | 58.65 | 49.62 | 1980-2000 | -9.53 | 5-9月 | - | - |
2740200 | 卡里宁 | 俄罗斯 | 56.90 | 35.90 | 1980-1989 | - | - | -7.61 | 5-9月 |
2822500 | 彼尔姆 | 俄罗斯 | 58.01 | 56.18 | 1973-1990 | - | - | -9.17 | 5-7月 |
2961200 | 巴拉宾斯克 | 俄罗斯 | 55.33 | 78.37 | 1996-2000 | -8.90 | 5-7,9月 | - | - |
3400900 | 库尔斯克 | 俄罗斯 | 51.73 | 36.27 | 1996-2000 | -9.75 | 7-9月 | - | - |
3488000 | 阿斯特拉罕 | 俄罗斯 | 46.25 | 48.03 | 1980-2000 | -5.06 | 5-7,9月 | -4.99 | 5-9月 |
3748400 | 巴统 | 格鲁吉亚 | 41.65 | 41.63 | 1980-1990 | - | - | -5.20 | 8-9月 |
4094900 | 喀布尔 | 阿富汗 | 34.57 | 69.21 | 1962-1991 | - | - | 0.07 | 5, 6, 8月 |
5182800 | 和田 | 中国 | 37.13 | 79.93 | 1988-1992 | - | - | -3.04 | 5-9月 |
5182801 | 乌鲁木齐 | 中国 | 43.78 | 87.62 | 1986-2003 | -8.64 | 5-8月 | -6.39 | 5-9月 |
Fig. 3
The linear correlations between weighted average annual δ18Op and mean annual temperature (a), weighted average annual δ18Op and annual precipitation amount (b), weighted average warm season (May to September) δ18Op and warm season average temperature (c), weighted average cold season (October to April) δ18Op and cold season average temperature (d) at Urumqi station
Fig. 4
Comparisons of δ18O records of three ice cores (TS-1, TS-2, TS-3) from No.1 Glacier in middle Tianshan Mountains with annual average temperature data from the nearby Daxigou Meteorological Station (a, original data from references [34, 36]); comparison of Miaoergou ice core δ18O record in eastern Tianshan Mountains (original data from reference [38]) with annual average temperature data from Urumqi Station (b, original data from China Surface Climate Dataset (Monthly)) (The bold lines indicate the long-term trends of each dataset)
Fig. 5
The differences of water vapor sources of Tianshan Mountains region between warm season of 1997 (warm year) and 1988 (cold year) and the corresponding weighted average warm season δ18Op values of 14 GNIP stations in Eurasia Continent (a. warm season water vapor flux of 1997 minus that of 1988; b. warm season water vapor flux of 1988 minus that of 1997; red arrows demonstrate the relative water vapor changes that passed 99% significant testing, the grey bands indicate the main pathways of relative water vapor sources, the black dots indicate the GNIP stations, the blue numbers indicate the weighted average warm season δ18Op values in 1997 and 1988 (data are shown in Tab. 1 and Tab. 2), and the green boxes indicate the locations of Tianshan Mountains region in this study)
Tab. 2
Annual precipitation amount, mean annual and warm season (May to September) average temperature, and weighted average annual and warm season δ18Op values at Urumqi station in 1997 and 1988
年份 | 年降水量(mm) | 年均温度(°C) | 加权平均年δ18Op (‰, VSMOW) | 暖季均温 (°C) | 加权平均暖季δ18Op (‰, VSMOW) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | 156 | 10.13 | -11.33 | 25.72 | -8.64 |
1988 | 374 | 6.33 | -7.49 | 19.40 | -6.39 |
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