The isotopic composition of water vapour and precipitation in Ivittuut, southern Greenland

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4419-4439

  Bonne, J L ^a   Masson Delmotte, V ^a   Cattani, O ^a   Delmotte, M ^a   Risi, C ^c   Sodemann, H ^b   Steen Larsen, H C ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DEUTERIUM; DIURNAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; ICELAND;

EID: 84899815813     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-4419-2014     Document Type: Article

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