Seasonal and spatial variation in the stable isotopic composition (δ18O and δD) of precipitation in south Florida

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 358, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 193-205

  Price, René M ^a   Swart, Peter K ^b   Willoughby, Hugh E ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Oxygen; Precipitation; South Florida; Stable isotopes; Tropical storms

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION DATA; SOUTH FLORIDA; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPICAL STORMS;

ISOTOPES;

COLD FRONT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48849100179     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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