Using atmospheric trajectories to model the isotopic composition of rainfall in central Kenya

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Soderberg, Keir ^a,b   Good, Stephen P ^a   O'connor, Molly ^a   Wang, Lixin ^c,d   Ryan, Kathleen ^a   Caylor, Kelly K ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Department of Earth Sciences Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis ^*

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back trajectory; East Africa; HYSPLIT; Isoscapes; Kenya; Precipitation; Special Feature:; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897535486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00160.1     Document Type: Article

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