Lessons learned from monitoring the stable water isotopic variability in precipitation and streamflow across a snow-dominated subarctic catchment
This empirical study explores shifts in stable water isotopic composition for a subarctic catchment located in northern Sweden as it transitions from spring freshet to summer low flows. Relative changes in the isotopic composition of streamflow across the main catchment and fifteen nested subcatchme...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-150385 2023-10-09T21:47:17+02:00 Lessons learned from monitoring the stable water isotopic variability in precipitation and streamflow across a snow-dominated subarctic catchment Lyon, Steve W. Ploum, Stefan W. van der Velde, Ype Rocher-Ros, Gerard Mörth, Carl-Magnus Giesler, Reiner 2018 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-150385 https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2018.1454778 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine research, 1523-0430, 2018, 50:1, orcid:0000-0001-7853-2531 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-150385 doi:10.1080/15230430.2018.1454778 ISI:000438738900001 Scopus 2-s2.0-85055252371 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess catchment hydrology stable water isotopes tracers spring flood freshet Oceanography Hydrology and Water Resources Oceanografi hydrologi och vattenresurser Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2018 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2018.1454778 2023-09-22T13:57:15Z This empirical study explores shifts in stable water isotopic composition for a subarctic catchment located in northern Sweden as it transitions from spring freshet to summer low flows. Relative changes in the isotopic composition of streamflow across the main catchment and fifteen nested subcatchments are characterized in relation to the isotopic composition of precipitation. With our sampling campaign, we explore the variability in stream-water isotopic composition that originates from precipitation as the input shifts from snow to rain and as landscape flow pathways change across scales. The isotopic similarity of high-elevation snowpack water and early season rainfall water seen through our sampling scheme made it difficult to truly isolate the impact of seasonal precipitation phase change on stream-water isotopic response. This highlights the need to explicitly consider the complexity of arctic and alpine landscapes when designing sampling strategies to characterize hydrological variability via stable water isotopes. Results show a potential influence of evaporation and source water mixing both spatially (variations with elevation) and temporally (variations from post-freshet to summer flows) on the composition of stream water across Miellajokka. As such, the data collected in this empirical study allow for initial conceptualization of the relative importance of, for example, hydrological connectivity within this mountainous, subarctic landscape. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarctic and Alpine Research Arctic Arctic Northern Sweden Subarctic Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Arctic Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 50 1 e1454778 |
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catchment hydrology stable water isotopes tracers spring flood freshet Oceanography Hydrology and Water Resources Oceanografi hydrologi och vattenresurser Lyon, Steve W. Ploum, Stefan W. van der Velde, Ype Rocher-Ros, Gerard Mörth, Carl-Magnus Giesler, Reiner Lessons learned from monitoring the stable water isotopic variability in precipitation and streamflow across a snow-dominated subarctic catchment |
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This empirical study explores shifts in stable water isotopic composition for a subarctic catchment located in northern Sweden as it transitions from spring freshet to summer low flows. Relative changes in the isotopic composition of streamflow across the main catchment and fifteen nested subcatchments are characterized in relation to the isotopic composition of precipitation. With our sampling campaign, we explore the variability in stream-water isotopic composition that originates from precipitation as the input shifts from snow to rain and as landscape flow pathways change across scales. The isotopic similarity of high-elevation snowpack water and early season rainfall water seen through our sampling scheme made it difficult to truly isolate the impact of seasonal precipitation phase change on stream-water isotopic response. This highlights the need to explicitly consider the complexity of arctic and alpine landscapes when designing sampling strategies to characterize hydrological variability via stable water isotopes. Results show a potential influence of evaporation and source water mixing both spatially (variations with elevation) and temporally (variations from post-freshet to summer flows) on the composition of stream water across Miellajokka. As such, the data collected in this empirical study allow for initial conceptualization of the relative importance of, for example, hydrological connectivity within this mountainous, subarctic landscape. |
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Lyon, Steve W. Ploum, Stefan W. van der Velde, Ype Rocher-Ros, Gerard Mörth, Carl-Magnus Giesler, Reiner |
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Lyon, Steve W. Ploum, Stefan W. van der Velde, Ype Rocher-Ros, Gerard Mörth, Carl-Magnus Giesler, Reiner |
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Lessons learned from monitoring the stable water isotopic variability in precipitation and streamflow across a snow-dominated subarctic catchment |
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Lessons learned from monitoring the stable water isotopic variability in precipitation and streamflow across a snow-dominated subarctic catchment |
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Lessons learned from monitoring the stable water isotopic variability in precipitation and streamflow across a snow-dominated subarctic catchment |
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Lessons learned from monitoring the stable water isotopic variability in precipitation and streamflow across a snow-dominated subarctic catchment |
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Lessons learned from monitoring the stable water isotopic variability in precipitation and streamflow across a snow-dominated subarctic catchment |
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lessons learned from monitoring the stable water isotopic variability in precipitation and streamflow across a snow-dominated subarctic catchment |
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Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap |
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