Climate of the Past Discussions www.clim-past-discuss.net 1814-9340 1814-9359 5 3 2009 10.5194/cpd-5-1697-2009 http://www.clim-past-discuss.net/5/1697/2009/ http://www.clim-past-discuss.net/5/1697/2009/cpd-5-1697-2009.html http://www.clim-past-discuss.net/5/1697/2009/cpd-5-1697-2009.pdf 1697 1729 2009-06-30 An introduction to stable water isotopes in climate models: benefits of forward proxy modelling for paleoclimatology C. Sturm christophe.sturm@geo.su.se Q. Zhang D. Noone Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden ATOC & CIRES, University of Colorado, Colorado, USA Stable water isotopes have been measured in a wide range of climate archives, with the purpose of reconstructing regional climate variations. 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