Evolution of the stable water isotopic composition of the rain sampled along sahelian squall lines

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 227-242

  Risi, Camille ^a   Bony, Sandrine ^a   Vimeux, Francoise ^b,c   Chongd, Michel ^d   Descroixe, Luc ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

AMMA; Convection; Rain evaporation

Indexed keywords

AMMA; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; HIGH-FREQUENCY SAMPLING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC EQUILIBRATION; ISOTOPIC FEATURE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; MAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; NIGER; NUMERICAL MODELS; SQUALL LINES; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; TRANSPORT MODELS; VAPOUR COMPOSITIONS; WATER ISOTOPE;

DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; FRACTIONATION; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VAPORS;

RAIN;

ADVECTION; CONVECTION; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINFALL; SQUALL LINE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

NIAMEY [NIGER]; NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 77949394603     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.485     Document Type: Article

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