Spatial variation of isotope composition in precipitation in a tropical environment: A case study from the Deduru Oya river basin, Sri Lanka

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 4565-4570

  Jayasena, H A H ^a   Chandrajith, Rohana ^a   Dissanayake, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Deduru Oya river basin; Evaporation effect; Isotopes; Monsoon; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; CLIMATIC ZONE; DEDURU OYA RIVER BASIN; HIGH ALTITUDE; HIGH TEMPERATURE EVENTS; INDIAN OCEAN; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION; RAIN EVENTS; REGRESSION LINES; RIVER BASINS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SRI LANKA; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL REGIONS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; TROPICS; VAPORS; WATERSHEDS;

ISOTOPES;

CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPICAL REGION;

ASIA; DEDURU OYA BASIN; EURASIA; NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 67650287057     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7060     Document Type: Article

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