Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Deciphering key processes controlling rainfall isotopic variability during extreme tropical cyclones

  • Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo,
  • Ana M. Durán-Quesada,
  • Germain Esquivel-Hernández,
  • Daniela Rojas-Cantillano,
  • Christian Birkel,
  • Kristen Welsh,
  • Minerva Sánchez-Llull,
  • Carlos M. Alonso-Hernández,
  • Doerthe Tetzlaff,
  • Chris Soulsby,
  • Jan Boll,
  • Naoyuki Kurita,
  • Kim M. Cobb

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12062-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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“Reconstruction of precipitation variability from oxygen isotopes in the Mesoamerican and Caribbean region is made difficult by the occurrence of tropical cyclones. Here, the isotopic evolution of a tropical cyclone is studied in detail which helps disentangle the key processes governing rainfall isotope variability in the region.”