An oxygen isotope study of seasonal trends in soil water fluxes at two sites along a climate gradient in Washington state (USA)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 328, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 375-387

  Robertson, Jessica A ^a   Gazis, Carey A ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Oxygen isotope; Precipitation; Snowmelt; Soil water; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TRANSPIRATION;

OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SNOWMELT; SOIL WATER;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COMPOSITION; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOIL SURVEYS; TRANSPIRATION;

EVAPORATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOWMELT; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746885166     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.12.031     Document Type: Article

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