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East Asian Monsoon controls on the inter-annual variability in precipitation isotope ratio in Japan
N. Kurita
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Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
Y. Fujiyoshi
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-19 Nishi-8, Sapporo, 060-0819, Japan
T. Nakayama
Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
Y. Matsumi
Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
H. Kitagawa
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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Short summary
This study demonstrates that the intensity of the East Asian summer and winter monsoon is the primary driver of variations of summer and winter precipitation isotopes in central Japan. Japan lies in the northeast limits of the East Asian monsoon region. Understanding the past monsoon changes in Japan is important for determining whether the isotopic variability recorded in Chinese stalagmite reflects the East Asian summer monsoon intensity or rainfall variability in the Indian summer monsoon.
This study demonstrates that the intensity of the East Asian summer and winter monsoon is the...
