Moisture source temperatures and precipitation δ18O- temperature relationships across the United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Vachon, R W ^a   Welker, J M ^b   White, J W C ^a   Vaughn, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL REGIONS; CONDENSATION TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; GREAT LAKES; HIGH ALTITUDE; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; ICE CORE; LARGE REGIONS; PALAEOCLIMATE; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATION; RAYLEIGH MODELS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOURCE LOCATION; SOURCE TEMPERATURE; TREE RINGS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; DISTILLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; TIME SERIES;

ISOTOPES;

COASTAL ZONE; CONDENSATION; DATA SET; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TIME SERIES;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955191645     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008558     Document Type: Article

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