basis: dD values of lake surface water are controlled by the amount of rainfall, its isotopic composition and the amount of mixing with the underlying seawater. As rain also increases the density stratification in the lakes, decreasing mixing, surface water dD values are expected to be significantly lower during wet periods compared with dry periods. Conclusions of the paper are about moisture balance (P-E) in the tropical Pacific.

interpDirection: positive

scope: climate

seasonality: Annual

seasonalityOriginal: Annual

variable: precipitation

variableDetail: air@surface

variableDetailOriginal: air

variableGroup: EffectiveMoisture

variableGroupDirection: negative

variableGroupOriginal: Precipitation amount

scope: climate

scope: climate

basis: Permanent anoxia in the subsurface water confines phytoplankton, dominated by dinoflagellates and diatoms24, to the oxygenated, brackish and deuterium-depleted surface water where their lipid ?D values can be expected to closely co-vary with the surface water ?Dvalues25,26. ?D values of that water are controlled by the amount of rainfall, its isotopic composition and the amount of mixing with the underlying sea water. As rain also increases the density stratification in the lakes, decreasing mixing, surface water ?D values are expected to be significantly lower during wet periods compared with dry periods. Zhang and Sachs 2007, Organic Geochemistry, 38: 582-608.

direction: negative

inferredMaterial: lake water

mathematicalRelation: linear

scope: isotope

seasonality: Annual

seasonalityOriginal: Annual

variable: precipitation

variableGroup: EffectiveMoisture

variableGroupDirection: negative

variableGroupOriginal: P_amount

basis: Permanent anoxia in the subsurface water confines phytoplankton, dominated by dinoflagellates and diatoms24, to the oxygenated, brackish and deuterium-depleted surface water where their lipid ?D values can be expected to closely co-vary with the surface water ?Dvalues25,26. ?D values of that water are controlled by the amount of rainfall, its isotopic composition and the amount of mixing with the underlying sea water. As rain also increases the density stratification in the lakes, decreasing mixing, surface water ?D values are expected to be significantly lower during wet periods compared with dry periods. Zhang and Sachs 2007, Organic Geochemistry, 38: 582-608.

direction: depends on source, transport history, etc

inferredMaterial: lake water

scope: isotope

seasonality: Annual

seasonalityOriginal: Annual

variable: precipitationIsotope

variableGroup: P_isotope

variableGroupDirection: positive

variableGroupOriginal: rainfall d2H

basis: Permanent anoxia in the subsurface water confines phytoplankton, dominated by dinoflagellates and diatoms24, to the oxygenated, brackish and deuterium-depleted surface water where their lipid dD values can be expected to closely co-vary with the surface water dDvalues25,26. dD values of that water are controlled by the amount of rainfall, its isotopic composition and the amount of mixing with the underlying sea water. As rain also increases the density stratification in the lakes, decreasing mixing, surface water dD values are expected to be significantly lower during wet periods compared with dry periods. Zhang and Sachs 2007, Organic Geochemistry, 38: 582-608.

direction: positive (more mixing, higher d2H in surface waters)

inferredMaterial: lake water

scope: isotope

seasonality: Annual

seasonalityOriginal: Annual

variable: lakeWaterIsotope

variableGroup: mixing with sea water which is in bottom of meromictic lake

scope: climate

scope: climate

scope: climate

direction: negative

mathematicalRelation: linear

scope: isotope

variable: hydrologicBalance

variableGroup: EffectiveMoisture

variableGroupDirection: negative

variableGroupOriginal: I_E

scope: isotope

scope: isotope