Deuterium excess variations of rainfall events in a coastal area of south Australia and its relationship with synoptic weather systems and atmospheric moisture sources

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1123-1138

  Guan, Huade ^a,b,c   Zhang, Xinping ^c   Skrzypek, Grzegorz ^d   Sun, Zhian ^e   Xu, Xiang ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

^c HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DEUTERIUM EXCESS; FRONTAL PRECIPITATION; GLOBAL NETWORKS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOISTURE SOURCES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; WEATHER PATTERNS;

RAIN;

COASTAL ZONE; DEUTERIUM; EVAPORATION; LOW PRESSURE; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84884883552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50137     Document Type: Article

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