%0 Journal Article
%T Local ¦Ä18O and ¦Ä2H variability in UK rainfall
%A M. D. Jones
%A M. J. Leng
%A C. Arrowsmith
%A C. Deuchars
%J Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions
%D 2007
%I Copernicus Publications
%X Rainfall collected twice weekly from 3 nearby UK stations between November 2004 and October 2006 allows local differences in ¦Ä18O and ¦Ä2H to be observed. Local gradients in ¦Ä18Op appear to be of the same order of magnitude as national trends, suggesting the spatial ¦Ä18Op picture is more complicated than the one currently available from sparse GNIP coverage. Comparing data from this study with previous work we find that average ¦Ä18Op has changed in the UK over the last 20 years concurrent with an average temperature increase although inter-annual controls on the values remain seasonal temperature and the amount of precipitation in each rain event. Climate-isotope relationships observed from the weekly data do not explain the observed decadal scale shifts.
%U http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/4/2403/2007/hessd-4-2403-2007.pdf