The origin of summer monsoon rainfall at New Delhi by deuterium excess

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-118

  Pang, Hongxi ^a   He, Yuanqing ^a,b   Zhang, Zhonglin ^a   Lu, Aigang ^a   Gu, Juan ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Deuterium excess; Origin of precipitation; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WIND VELOCITY;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; NEW DELHI; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 2542464187     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-8-115-2004     Document Type: Article

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