Isotope composition of air moisture over the Mediterranean Sea: An index of the air-sea interaction pattern

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 953-965

  Gat, J R ^a   Klein, B ^b   Kushnir, Y ^c   Roether, W ^b   Wernli, H ^d   Yam, R ^a   Shemesh, A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SEA SURFACE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0242317851     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0889.2003.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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