Isotopic composition of precipitation in Greece

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 327, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 486-495

  Argiriou, Athanassios A ^a   Lykoudis, Spyros ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Athens; Precipitation; Rainfall; Stable isotopes; Tritium

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPOSITION; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRITIUM;

ATHENS; HELLENIC MEASUREMENT STATIONS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; STABLE ISOTOPES;

RAIN;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPOSITION; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRITIUM;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE; TRITIUM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746266281     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.11.053     Document Type: Article

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