Use of correlation and stepwise regression to evaluate physical controls on the stable isotope values of Panamanian rain and surface waters

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 324, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 115-140

  Lachniet, Matthew S ^a   Patterson, William P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central American monsoon; Intertropical convergence zone; O 18 O 16; Paleoclimate; Panama; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS;

CENTRAL AMERICAN MONSOON; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; O-18/O-16; PALEOCLIMATES; PANAMA; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS;

DRAINAGE BASIN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCLIMATE; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 33646555462     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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