Nature 311, 24 - 29 (06 September 1984); doi:10.1038/311024a0

A general circulation model of water isotope cycles in the atmosphere

Sylvie Joussaume^*, Robert Sadourny^* & Jean Jouzel^†

^*Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, 24, rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
^†Laboratoire de Géochimie Isotopique DPC-CEN Saclay, BP 2-91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France

H₂ ¹⁸O and HDO are important climatic tracers largely used to reconstruct continental palaeoclimates. The only thorough way to compare isotopic distributions in precipitation for modern and palaeoconditions is to simulate isotope cycles using atmospheric general circulation models. H₂ ¹⁸O and HDO cycles incorporated into our atmospheric general circulation model show good agreement between observed and predicted values for modern conditions.

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