Sea surface temperature control on the stable isotopic composition of rainfall in Panama

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lachniet, Matthew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEANS; CARIBBEAN SEAS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DYNAMICAL CONTROLS; INTER TROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; PACIFIC OCEANS; RAINFALL VARIATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOURCE EFFECTS; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; TROPICAL OCEANS; WIND DIRECTIONS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PANAMA; RAINFALL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); STABLE ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE WATERS;

RAIN; OCEANOGRAPHY;

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; WIND DIRECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 65249122009     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036625     Document Type: Article

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