Isotopic (δ18O) characteristics of weekly precipitation collected across the USA: An initial analysis with application to water source studies

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1449-1464

  Welker, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental; Geochemistry; Hydrology; NADP

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; WATER RESOURCES;

GLOBAL NETWORK FOR ISOTOPES IN PRECIPITATION; NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION PROGRAM;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EID: 0033626165     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1085(20000615)14:8<1449::AID-HYP993>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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