Abstract
Previous determinations of the deuterium-hydrogen ratios in natural waters revealed the fractionation of deuterium; a fractionation resulting from differences in the vapor pressure of H2O and HDO. Measurements of the deuterium in sea, rain, and condensate waters of Hawaii, are reported here. These results show a concentration of deuterium in sea-surface waters, and an inverse relationship of D with altitude in rain and condensate taken on a mountain side. The possible significance of these measurements for cloud physics studies is briefly discussed.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v9i4.9119 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 553 - 556
Published on: Jan 1, 1957
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1957 I. Friedman, A. H. Woodcock, published by Stockholm University Press
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