The effect of refreezing on the isotopic composition of melting snowpack

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 873-882

  Zhou, Shiqiao ^a,b   Nakawo, Masayoshi ^c   Hashimoto, Shigemasa ^d   Sakai, Akiko ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ice core; Isotopic composition; Refreezing; Snowpack

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; FREEZING; GLACIERS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MELTING SNOWPACK; REFREEZING;

SNOW;

DEUTERIUM; FREEZING; GLACIERS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

FREEZING; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MELTING; MELTWATER; SLOPE; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK;

EID: 40649122824     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6662     Document Type: Article

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