Humidity effect and its influence on the seasonal distribution of precipitation δ18O in monsoon regions

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 271-277

  Zhang, Xinping ^a   Liu, Jingmiao ^b   He, Yuanqing ^c   Tian, Lide ^c   Yao, Tandong ^c  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c Cold/Arid Regions Environ/Eng Res ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Dew point deficit; Humidity effect; Precipitation; Seasonal variation; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944424645     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02918516     Document Type: Article

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