@article{55fc287fb2d14dd38c93f65f36bbbdb6,
title = "National stable isotope baseline for precipitation in malawi to underpin integrated water resources management",
author = "Banda, {Limbikani C.} and Rivett, {Michael O.} and Zavison, {Anold S.K.} and Sydney Kamtukule and Kalin, {Robert M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments: We acknowledge the administrative support by the CJF through BASEflow Malawi. Funding Information: Funding: We gratefully acknowledge the funding by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the Malawi TechnicalCooperation (TC) Projects{\textquoteright} grants (MLW/7/001:MLW/7/002/MLW/7/003), awarded to the Government of Malawi (Department of Water Resources in the Ministry of Forestry and Natural Resources). We also acknowledge the financial contribution we received from the Government of Malawi and the Scottish Government Climate Justice Fund—Water Futures Programme research grant HN-CJF-03 (R. Kalin) awarded to the University of Strathclyde. Funding Information: The Government of Malawi, with funding from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) established a monitoring network of isotopes in precipitation at national scale through the Water Resources Department (WRD) in the Ministry of Forestry and Natural Resources between 2014 and 2018. The monitoring network is known as the {\textquoteleft}Malawi Network of Isotopes in Precipitation{\textquoteright} (MNIP), and Figure 2a locates the MNIP stations. The MNIP was commissioned for collection of systematic data on isotopic signatures of precipitation for the establishment of a stable isotopic baseline for precipitation at national scale. Currently, it comprises five (5) stations (sited at (3) and near (2) meteorological service stations) equipped with a rain collector {\textquoteleft}dip-in sampler{\textquoteright} and access to meteorological equipment for measuring meteorological parameters (e.g., rain gauge for measuring precipitation amount). The siting rationale of the MNIP stations aimed at providing balanced national coverage and capturing influences of different weather systems affecting precipitation across the country. This was a fledgling starter network meant to be expanded (by geostatistical tools to achieve an optimal network design) with additional stations for spatial and temporal enhancement of the isotopic data records [47]. Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge the funding by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the Malawi Technical Cooperation (TC) Projects? grants (MLW/7/001: MLW/7/002/MLW/7/003), awarded to the Government of Malawi (Department of Water Resources in the Ministry of Forestry and Natural Resources). We also acknowledge the financial contribution we received from the Government of Malawi and the Scottish Government Climate Justice Fund?Water Futures Programme research grant HN-CJF-03 (R. Kalin) awarded to the University of Strathclyde.Acknowledgments: We acknowledge the administrative support by the CJF through BASEflow Malawi. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.",
year = "2021",
month = jul,
day = "2",
doi = "10.3390/w13141927",
language = "English",
volume = "13",
journal = "Water (Switzerland)",
issn = "2073-4441",
publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",
number = "14",
}
