Journal
ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES
Volume 56, Issue 3, Pages 220-237Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2020.1770245
Keywords
Deuterium excess; evaporation; hydrogen-2; intra-seasonal oscillation; isotope hydrology; moisture source; monsoon; outgoing longwave radiation; oxygen-18; precipitation
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The study investigates the factors that control the isotopic composition of tropical precipitation in Bangladesh. Daily and monthly rainfall samples were collected from three stations from 2013 to 2015: (1) northern and moderately high altitude: Sylhet, (2) middle part of the country (close to Tropic of Cancer): Savar, and (3) southern coastal region: Barisal. To escape from the post-evaporation effect, proper care was adopted. This is supported by the fact that the local meteoric water lines (LMWLs) derived for the daily precipitations of all stations mostly follow the global meteoric water line (GMWL). The results exhibit a clear seasonal and spatial variation in both delta O-18 and delta H-2 of precipitation.O-18 is more depleted in samples collected during rainy (monsoon) seasons, while(18)O enrichment is associated to winter and summer (pre-monsoon) seasons. During rainy season, intra-seasonal variability of delta O-18 rainfall is clearly seen and remarkable depletion of(18)O is observed during the period of intense convective activity over the Bay of Bengal. This feature indicates that isotope variability in Bangladesh is controlled by large-scale convective activity rather than local rainfall amount.
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