A Review of Water Isotopes in Atmospheric General Circulation Models: Recent Advances and Future Prospects
Figure 16
Global pattern of long-term mean δ 18O values of precipitation as derived from GNIP measurements (a), and the ECHAM4 (b), GissE (c), and MUGCM (d) simulations. All models are able to simulate the main characteristics of the global pattern such as latitude effect and continental effect. However, model results show some discrepancies on regions such as South Africa, Tibet Plateau, and Greenland. This figure is adapted from Werner and Gourcy [42].
