Water Isotopes Working Group
The US CLIVAR Working Group on Observations and Modeling of Water Isotopes in the Climate System was formed in April 2018. The intent of the working group is to characterize and utilize water isotope ratios as a climate variable. Through a combination of modern observations, past climate records, and model simulations, water isotopes hold vast potential to advance our understanding of the global hydrological cycle and how it will respond to anthropogenic greenhouse gases.
Main objectives of the working group
- Compile and distill the latest scientific findings from the water isotope research community
- Assess near-term opportunities for water isotope related research to accelerate our understanding of climate variability
- Identify high-priority research goals for water isotopes in atmosphere and ocean models
- Identify a set of high-priority scientific targets for the next generation water isotope observational systems and model simulations;
- Design an integrated scientific plan for water isotope observations and modeling designed to make progress towards key targets identified in objective 4
- Identify designs for a novel isotope data archive to meet the needs of diverse user groups
| Kim Cobb (co-chair) | Georgia Tech |
| David Noone (co-chair) | University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| Adriana Raudzens Bailey (co-chair) | NCAR |
| Nerilie Abram | Australian National U. |
| Alyssa Atwood | Florida State U. |
| Gabe Bowen | U. Utah |
| Natalie Burls | George Mason U. |
| Jessica Conroy | U. Illinois |
| Bronwen Konecky | Washington U., St. Louis |
| Naoyuki Kurita | Nagoya U., Japan |
| Sylvia Dee | Rice University |
| Allegra LeGrande | NASA Goddard |
| Valerie Masson-Delmotte | LSCE, France |
| Jesse Nusbaumer | NCAR |
| Camille Risi | LMD, France |
| Ricardo Sànchez-Murillo | U. Nacional, Costa Rica |
| Samantha Stevenson | U. California, Santa Barbara |
| Martin Werner | AWI, Germany |
| Kei Yoshimura | U. Tokyo, Japan |