High-frequency storm event isotope sampling reveals time-variant transit time distributions and influence of diurnal cycles

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 308-316

  Birkel, Christian ^a,b   Soulsby, Chris ^b   Tetzlaff, Doerthe ^b   Dunn, Sarah ^a   Spezia, Luigi ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative tracer; Fractionation; Sampling resolution; Stable isotopes; Time variant TTD

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTO REGRESSIVE MODELS; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; FIRST-ORDER; FRACTIONATION PATTERNS; GAMMA FUNCTION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-FREQUENCY SAMPLING; HYDROGRAPHS; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; PEAK FLOWS; SAMPLING RESOLUTION; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE WATER ISOTOPES; STORM EVENTS; STREAM WATER; SUMMER STORMS; TIME VARIANT; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS;

CATCHMENTS; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; STORMS; TIME SERIES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; DIURNAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PEAK FLOW; SAMPLING; STABLE ISOTOPE; STORM; STREAMWATER; SUMMER; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRACER; WINTER;

EID: 84855424701     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8210     Document Type: Article

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