Seasonal patterns of rainfall and river isotopic chemistry in northern Amazonia (Guyana): From the headwater to the regional scale

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 108-118

  Pereira, Ryan ^a   Bovolo, C Isabella ^a,b   Forsythe, Nathan ^a   Pedentchouk, Nikolai ^c   Parkin, Geoff ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Iwokrama International Centre for Rain   (Guyana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; ERA Interim; Guyana; Hydrology; Iwokrama; TRMM

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TRMM; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AMAZONIA; GUYANA; IWOKRAMA FOREST RESERVE;

EID: 84896097877     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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