Table 5 Summary of the precision of δ2H, δ18O, δ17O and 17O-excess from previous studies.

From: Stable isotope variations of daily precipitation from 2014–2018 in the central United States

References

Technique

Sample type

δ2H (‰)

δ18O (‰)

δ17O (‰)

17O-excess (per meg)

Luz and Barkan et al.36

IRMS

Meteoric Water and Seawater

NA

0.02~0.03

0.02~0.03

4

Schoenemann et al.27

IRMS

GISP

NA

0.08

0.05

11

Li et al.17

IRMS

VSMOW2

NA

0.02

NA

0.1

SLAP2

NA

0.1

NA

1

GISP

NA

0.2

NA

11

Vostok Antarctic Water

NA

0.3

NA

9

West Antarctic Ice Sheet Water

NA

0.3

NA

16

Schoenemann et al.21

IRMS

West Antarctic Ice Sheet Water

NA

NA

NA

6

CRDS

West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide Ice Core Water

0.59

0.09

NA

NA

Steen-Larsen et al.35

IRMS

Greenland Surface Snow

NA

NA

NA

6

CRDS

Greenland Precipitation and Surface Snow

1

0.1

NA

NA

Pang et al.34

IRMS

East Antarctic Surface Snow

0.7

0.05

0.05

5

Steig et al.7

CRDS

GISP

0.34

0.05

0.02

10

Vostok Water

0.86

0.07

0.05

7

West Antarctic Ice Sheet Water

0.98

0.07

0.05

10

Kona Deep

0.32

0.02

0.02

7

Affolter et al.11

CRDS

European Precipitation and Drip Waters

0.50

0.10

0.10

10

Berman et al.6

OA-ICOS

GISP

NA

0.07

0.05

10

USGS 45/46/47/48

NA

NA

NA

10~18

  1. Note: means the isotopic values are given versus VSMOW (Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water); Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS); Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy (CRDS); Off-Axis Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy (OA-ICOS); Greenland Ice Sheet Precipitation (GISP); Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation (SLAP); United States Geological Survey (USGS).