[1] Stable water isotopes (D and 18 O) in precipitation have large spatial and temporal variability and are used widely to trace the global hydrologic cycle. The two models that have been used in the past to examine the variability of precipitation isotopes are Rayleigh-type models and isotope-atmospheric general circulation models. The causes of short-term (1-10 day) variability in precipitation isotopes, however, remain unclear. This study seeks to explain isotope variability quantitatively at such scale. A new water isotope circulation model on a global scale that includes a Rayleigh equation and the use of external meteorological forcings is developed. Transport and mixing processes of water masses and isotopes that have been neglected in earlier Rayleigh models are included in the new model. A simulation of 18 O for 1998 is forced with data from the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Asian Monsoon Experiments (GAME) reanalysis. The results are validated by Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation (GNIP) monthly observations with correlation R = 0.76 and a significance level >99% and by daily observations at three sites in Thailand with similar correlation and significance. A quantitative analysis of the results shows that among three factors that cause isotopic variability, the contribution of moisture flux is the largest, accounting for 37% at Chiangmai, and 46% globally. This highlights the importance of transport and mixing of air masses with different isotopic concentrations. A sensitivity analysis of the temporal and spatial resolution required for each variable is also made, and the model is applied to two additional data sets. The more accurate Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) precipitation data set yields improved model results at all three observation sites in Thailand. The National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research reanalysis allows the simulation to cover 2 years, reproducing reasonable interannual isotopic variability.

[1] Recent studies have demonstrated the importance of water movement through the bedrock in the rainfall-runoff process on steep hillslopes. However, quantitative information on this process is still limited. The objective of this study was to address the following questions: (1) How large is the area where bedrock groundwater seeps into the soil layer, and (2) what is the rate of water flow out of the bedrock? To address these questions, detailed hydrological, hydrochemical, and thermal measurements were conducted at a forested steep unchanneled granitic concave slope in the Tanakami Mountains, central Japan. The relationship between the amplitude of annual soil temperature variation and the measurement depth showed that in a normal low-flow period, the seepage area ranged between 14 and 21 m 2 and the ratio of this area to that of the whole catchment was about 2.0%. In a drought period the seepage area ranged between 3.5 and 5.5 m 2 , and the ratio to the whole catchment was around 0.5%. The variation in the area of seepage was controlled both by the short-term precipitation pattern during the preceding several weeks and by the long-term pattern over several preceding months. A two-component geochemical hydrograph separation indicated that the ratio of bedrock groundwater to streamflow was about 0.82 for the normal low-flow periods and 0.90 for the drought period. The rate of flow out of the bedrock into the soil layer ranged from 0.5 to 3.3 m 3 d À1 . That is, although the seepage area was small (0.5-2.0% of the catchment), the contribution of bedrock groundwater was considerable (50-95% of streamflow).INDEX TERMS: 1860 Hydrology: Runoff and streamflow; 1866 Hydrology: Soil moisture; 1829 Hydrology: Groundwater hydrology; KEYWORDS: runoff, hillslope hydrology, thermal response, bedrock groundwater Citation: Uchida, T., Y. Asano, N. Ohte, and T. Mizuyama, Seepage area and rate of bedrock groundwater discharge at a granitic unchanneled hillslope, Water Resour.

We used stable isotope techniques to investigate water utilization of two native trees, Sabina vulgaris Ant. and Artemisia ordosica Krasch., and one introduced tree, Salix matsudana Koidz., in the semiarid Mu‐Us desert, Inner Mongolia, China. The study site was in a region where there has been a decline in agricultural productivity, caused by severe desertification over the past several decades. S. matsudana is used extensively for reforestation to protect farms and cultivated lands from shifting sand dunes. We identified water sources for each tree species by comparing the stable isotopes δD and δ18O in water in stems, soil, and groundwater. We also measured δ13C levels in leaves to evaluate the intrinsic water‐use efficiency (WUE) of each plant. Comparison of isotopes showed that S. vulgaris and S. matsudana consume relatively deep soil water as well as groundwater, whereas A. ordosica uses only shallow soil water. The δ13C measurements indicated that S. vulgaris has exclusively high WUE, whereas that of the other species was typical of temperate‐region C3 plants. The water source data plus WUE data suggest that planted S. matsudana uses groundwater freely, whereas native plants conserve water. Thus, reforestation with S. matsudana might cause irreversible groundwater shortages. Corresponding Editor: E. A. Holland.

− is that nitrification and denitrification occur concurrently in groundwater and that denitrification is more important than nitrification. The amount of denitrification in the groundwater body was controlled primarily by groundwater residence time. The combination of hydrological flow path from groundwater to stream water and denitrification in the groundwater critically control the amount of leaching of NO 3 − and temporal distribution of NO 3 − concentration in stream water. The possibility exists that denitrification in groundwater strongly influences nitrogen leaching in forests because denitrification occurred even in this catchment, which consists of weathered granitic bedrock and predominantly typic udipsamment, with low organic matter content in the soil.