Atmospheric circulation controls on precipitation isotope-climate relations in western Canada

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 566-576

  Birks, S Jean ^a,b   Edwards, T W D ^b  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67549102676     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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