North Atlantic Oscillation controls on oxygen and hydrogen isotope gradients in winter precipitation across Europe; implications for palaeoclimate studies

Deininger, Michael; Werner, Martin; McDermott, Frank

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-2127-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-2127-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-2127-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

Research article

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28 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 28 Nov 2016

North Atlantic Oscillation controls on oxygen and hydrogen isotope gradients in winter precipitation across Europe; implications for palaeoclimate studies

Michael Deininger, Martin Werner, and Frank McDermott

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RC1: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Aug 2016
- AC1: 'Actions to the comments of Reviewer 1', Michael Deininger, 01 Oct 2016
RC2: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Aug 2016
- AC2: 'Actions to the comments of Reviewer 2', Michael Deininger, 01 Oct 2016
RC3: 'Review of the manuscript “North Atlantic Oscillation controls on oxygen and isotope gradients in winter precipitation across Europe; implications for palaeoclimate studies” by Deiniger et al., submitted to Climate of the Past', Anonymous Referee #3, 06 Aug 2016
- AC3: 'Actions to the comments of Reviewer 3', Michael Deininger, 01 Oct 2016

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ED: Publish as is (24 Oct 2016) by Dominik Fleitmann

AR by Michael Deininger on behalf of the Authors (02 Nov 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This study investigates the NAO (Northern Atlantic Oscillation)-related mechanisms that control winter precipitation stable oxygen and hydrogen isotope gradients across Europe. The results show that past longitudinal stable oxygen and hydrogen isotope gradients in European rainfall stored in palaeoclimate archives (e.g. speleothems) can be used to infer the past winter NAO modes from its variations.