Modeling insights into deuterium excess as an indicator of water vapor source conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-262

  Lewis, Sophie C ^a,b   Legrande, Allegra N ^c   Kelley, Maxwell ^c   Schmidt, Gavin A ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEUTERIUM; DISTILLATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAPORS;

CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INFLUENCE OF HUMIDITY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; SURFACE CONDITIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DEUTERIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84884880557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017804     Document Type: Article

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