The role of local moisture recycling evaluated using stable isotope data from over the middle of the Tibetan Plateau during the monsoon season

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 760-775

  Kurita, Naoyuki ^a   Yamada, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 58049086462     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JHM945.1     Document Type: Article

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