A 10-yr record of stable isotope ratios of hydrogen and oxygen in precipitation at Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-159

  Peng, Haidong ^a   Mayer, Bernhard ^a   Harris, Stuart ^a   Krouse, H Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALBERTA; CALGARY; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1942455842     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2004.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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