Importance of rain evaporation and continental convection in the tropical water cycle
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The importance of the evaporation of rain water combined with global measurements of the isotropic composition of tropospheric water vapor from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) aboard the Aura spacecraft are used to investigate the aspects of the atmospheric hydrological cycle. The isotopic signature of tropospheric water vapor has differed from that of precipitation in the tropical continents, indicating that convection of vapor from both oceanic sources and evapotranspiration are the dominant moisture sources.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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Seasonal oscillations in water exchange between aquifers and the coastal ocean
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A study aims to show that a shift in the freshwater-saltwater interface, controlled by seasonal changes in water table elevation can explain large saline discharges that lag inland recharges cycles. Results reveal the connection between the seasonal hydrologic cycle inland and the saline groundwater system in coastal aquifers, suggesting a potentially important seasonality in the chemical loading of coastal waters.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Just add more water
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Water plays an important role in subduction recycling and its release from the oceanic plate can affect the rheology of the rock as it moves into the mantle. There are other approaches such as magnetotelluric (MT) method, which offers promise for locating melt and identifying the distribution of water in the mantle.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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