Stable isotopic characteristic of Taiwan's precipitation: A case study of western Pacific monsoon region

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 357-366

  Peng, Tsung Ren ^a   Wang, Chung Ho ^b   Huang, Chi Chao ^c   Fei, Li Yuan ^c   Chen, Chen Tung Arthur ^d   Hwong, Jeen Lian ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

monsoon precipitation; stable isotopes; Taiwan; Western Pacific

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ALTITUDE GRADIENTS; EAST ASIA; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE VALUES; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; ISOTOPIC FEATURE; ISOTOPIC SIGNALS; MAIN PARAMETERS; MONSOON PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WESTERN PACIFIC; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE CONTROL; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; RECYCLING; VAPORS; WATER RESOURCES;

PHASE INTERFACES;

AIR MASS; DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINDROP; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); TAIWAN;

EID: 73649108206     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.024     Document Type: Article

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