Multi-model isotope simulations reveal a unified picture of Earth’s water cycle――The Water Isotope Model Intercomparison Project (WisoMIP)――

Yifan Li, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Chuo University, participated in the international Water Isotope Model Intercomparison Project (WisoMIP). In this project, eight state-of-the-art isotope-enabled climate models were driven with identical atmospheric circulation fields derived from the ERA5 reanalysis, together with unified sea surface temperature and sea ice conditions. The models simulated the three-dimensional distribution of atmospheric water isotopes on a daily basis from 1979 to 2023, enabling a direct comparison of isotope processes while controlling for large-scale atmospheric circulation.

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