Diagnosing atmospheric influences on the interannual 18O/16O variations in western U.S. precipitation

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1116-1140

  Buenning, Nikolaus H ^a   Stott, Lowell ^a   Kanner, Lisa ^a   Yoshimura, Kei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate proxies; Condensation; Global models; Hydroclimate; Moisture advection; Precipitation; Water isotopes; Western U.S.

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; CONDENSATION; ISOTOPES; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CLIMATE PROXIES; GLOBAL MODELS; HYDROCLIMATE; MOISTURE ADVECTION; WATER ISOTOPE; WESTERN U.S;

VAPORS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIMESCALE;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885349955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w5031116     Document Type: Article

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