Tritium as a hydrological tracer in Mediterranean precipitation events

Juhlke, Tobias R.; Sültenfuß, Jürgen; Trachte, Katja; Huneau, Frédéric; Garel, Emilie; Santoni, Sébastien; Barth, Johannes A. C.; van Geldern, Robert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3555-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3555-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3555-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 6

Research article

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25 Mar 2020

Research article |

| 25 Mar 2020

Tritium as a hydrological tracer in Mediterranean precipitation events

Tobias R. Juhlke, Jürgen Sültenfuß, Katja Trachte, Frédéric Huneau, Emilie Garel, Sébastien Santoni, Johannes A. C. Barth, and Robert van Geldern

Data sets

Tritium concentrations in Mediterranean precipitation event samples from the island of Corsica (France) T. R. Juhlke, J. Sültenfu{\ss}, K. Trachte, F. Huneau, E., Garel, S. Santoni, J. A. C. Barth, and R. van Geldern https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.911474

Short summary

Tritium can serve as a useful tracer in the hydrological cycle; however, aspects of the distribution and exchange of tritium in the atmosphere are not completely understood. In particular, the movement of tritium from its natural origin in the upper atmosphere to its deposition onto the land surface by precipitation has to be quantified further. Therefore, this study collected precipitation event samples and used atmospheric models in order to improve knowledge regarding tritium dynamics.