Understanding the role of fog in forest hydrology: Stable isotopes as tools for determining input and partitioning of cloud water in montane forests

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-366

  Scholl, Martha ^a   Eugster, Werner ^b   Burkard, Reto ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cloud forest; Cloud water; Deuterium; Fog; Oxygen 18; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FOREST; CLOUD WATER; CONDENSATION TEMPERATURE; DROPLET SIZE MEASUREMENT; FOG DEPOSITION; FOG WATER; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROLOGIC BUDGETS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC CONCENTRATIONS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MONTANE FORESTS; NATURAL TRACERS; OROGRAPHIC CLOUD; OXYGEN-18; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SOIL WATER; STABLE ISOTOPES; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; TROPICAL MONTANE CLOUD FOREST;

CLOUDS; DEFORESTATION; DEUTERIUM; ECOLOGY; FOG; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER;

RAIN;

CLOUD WATER; DEUTERIUM; DROPLET; FOG; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MONTANE FOREST; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RECHARGE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMFLOW; TRANSPIRATION;

DEFORESTATION; DEUTERIUM; ECOLOGY; FOGGING; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; RAIN; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 78751510213     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7762     Document Type: Article

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