Processes affecting isotopes in precipitation of an arid region

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-359

  Pang, Zhonghe ^a   Kong, Yanlong ^a,b   Froehlich, Klaus ^c   Huang, Tianming ^a,b   Yuan, Lijuan ^a,b   Li, Zhongqin ^a   Wang, Feiteng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Viktor Wittner Gasse   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; ARID REGION; DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOISTURE FLUX; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION QUALITY;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 79959669094     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2011.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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