Model based spatial distribution of oxygen-18 isotopes in precipitation across Canada

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 313-330

  Delavau, Carly ^a   Stadnyk, Tricia ^a   Birks, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Innovates Technology Futures   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PARAMETERS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; DRIVING FORCES; HYDROLOGIC MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INPUT FIELD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LARGE DOMAIN; MESOSCALE; MODEL DOMAINS; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL VALIDATION; MODEL-BASED OPC; OXYGEN-18; PREDICTION MODEL; REMOTE REGIONS; RUNOFF GENERATION; SURFACE HYDROLOGY; TIME VARIANT; UNGAUGED BASINS; WATER USE;

CLIMATOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84855220471     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3604875     Document Type: Article

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