Spatial distribution of stable water isotopes in alpine snow cover

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2657-2668

  Dietermann, N ^a   Weiler, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION PERIODS; ENRICHMENT EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; RESIDENCE TIME MODELS; STABLE WATER ISOTOPES; STEPWISE MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION;

CATCHMENTS; FACINGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

ISOTOPES;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW COVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; MELTING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84880153177     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-2657-2013     Document Type: Article

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