Isotopic evolution of snowmelt 1. A physically based one-dimensional model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 35-1-35-8

  Feng, Xiahong ^a   Taylor, Susan ^a,c   Renshaw, Carl E ^a   Kirchner, James W ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Oxygen isotopes; Snowmelt; Spring runoff

Indexed keywords

ICE; ISOTOPES; MELTING; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RUNOFF;

ISOTOPIC SHIFTS;

SNOW;

ISOTOPE; MELTING; RUNOFF; SNOW;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MODELING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT;

EID: 0036822615     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000814     Document Type: Article

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