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A general circulation model of water isotope cycles in the atmosphere

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H218O 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. H218O 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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  1. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, 24, rue Lhomond, 75231, Paris, Cedex 05, France

    Sylvie Joussaume & Robert Sadourny

  2. Laboratoire de Géochimie Isotopique DPC-CEN Saclay, BP 2-91191, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France

    Jean Jouzel

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Joussaume, S., Sadourny, R. & Jouzel, J. A general circulation model of water isotope cycles in the atmosphere. Nature 311, 24–29 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/311024a0

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