The 17O-excess of plant silica, a proxy of continental atmospheric relative humidity in tropical areas: field calibration

Anne E Alexandre1, Clément Outrequin1, Christophe Peugeot2, Manuela Grippa3, Christine Vallet-Coulomb4, Julie C Aleman5, Amaelle Landais6, Corinne Sonzogni1, Jean-Charles Mazur1, Claudia Voigt7, Theodore Ouani8, Simon Afouda8, Maxime Wubda8, Ousmane Ndiaye9, Eric Mougin3, Nogmana Soumaguel10, Torbern Tagesson11 and Rasmus Fensholt12, (1)CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence Cedex, France, (2)IRD Hydrosciences, Montpellier, France, (3)GET Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Toulouse, France, (4)CEREGE, Aix Marseille Univ, Aix-en-Provence, France, (5)CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France, (6)LSCE Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex, France, (7)CEREGE, CNRS, Aix-en-Provence, France, (8)IRD, Cotonou, Benin, (9)CRZ, Dahra, Senegal, (10)IRD, Bamako, Mali, (11)Lund University, Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund, Sweden, (12)University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, København K, Denmark