A meta-analysis of water vapor deuterium-excess in the midlatitude atmospheric surface layer

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Welp, Lisa R ^a   Lee, Xuhui ^b,c   Griffis, Timothy J ^d   Wen, Xue Fa ^e   Xiao, Wei ^b   Li, Shenggong ^e   Sun, Xiaomin ^e   Hu, Zhongmin ^e   Val Martin, Maria ^f   Huang, Jianping ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^f Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SETTING; ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; BEIJING , CHINA; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL PATTERN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ISOTOPE RATIO; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; LUANCHENG , CHINA; MAXIMUM VALUES; META-ANALYSIS; MIDLATITUDES; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NORTH AMERICAN; ONTARIO , CANADA; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SOURCE REGION; TIME-SCALES; URBAN SETTINGS;

ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEUTERIUM; FORESTRY; HYDROGEN; MOISTURE; VAPORS; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DEUTERIUM; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENTRAINMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRASSLAND; HUMIDITY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; META-ANALYSIS; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; SURFACE LAYER; TRACER; TRANSPIRATION; URBAN AREA; WATER VAPOR;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CANADA; CHINA; CONNECTICUT; DUOLUN; HEBEI; LUANCHENG; MINNESOTA; NEI MONGGOL; NEW HAVEN; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865720157     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004246     Document Type: Article

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