Influence of synoptic weather events on the isotopic composition of atmospheric moisture in a coastal city of the western United States

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3685-3696

  Farlin, James ^a,b   Lai, Chun Ta ^a   Yoshimura, Kei ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

deuterium excess; isotope enabled GCM; precipitation; spectroscopy; stable isotopes of water; water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; ISOTOPES; LOCATION; MIXING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROCESS CONTROL; SPECTROSCOPY; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT; DEUTERIUM EXCESS; EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SAN DIEGO , CALIFORNIA; STABLE ISOTOPES OF WATER; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; DEUTERIUM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WATER VAPOR;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881045866     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20305     Document Type: Article

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