Oxygen isotope ratios in trees reflect mean annual temperature and humidity
Journal Article
·
· Science; (United States)
Values of the oxygen isotope ratios (delta/sup 18/O) in tree-ring cellulose closely reflect the delta/sup 18/O values in atmospheric precipitation and hence mean annual temperature. The change in delta/sup 18/O in cellulose is 0.41 per mil per degree Celsius for selected near-coastal stations. The values of delta/sup 18/O in precipitation and cellulose also change with altitude, as demonstrated for Mount Rainier, Washington. A temperature lapse rate of 5.2/sup 0/ per 1000 meters calculated from cellulose delta/sup 18/O values agrees with the accepted mean annual lapse rate of 5/sup 0/C per 1000 meters for this region.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT06-79EV10206
- OSTI ID:
- 6566763
- Journal Information:
- Science; (United States), Journal Name: Science; (United States) Vol. 211; ISSN SCIEA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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ALTITUDE
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
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CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CELLULOSE
CHALCOGENIDES
CORRELATIONS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
ISOTOPE RATIO
ISOTOPES
LEAVES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
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OXIDES
OXYGEN 16
OXYGEN 18
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN ISOTOPES
POLYSACCHARIDES
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Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ALTITUDE
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CARBOHYDRATES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CELLULOSE
CHALCOGENIDES
CORRELATIONS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
ISOTOPE RATIO
ISOTOPES
LEAVES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN 16
OXYGEN 18
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN ISOTOPES
POLYSACCHARIDES
SACCHARIDES
STABLE ISOTOPES
TREE RINGS
WATER