Oceanic sources of continental precipitation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3647-3649

  Gimeno, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

isotopes; moisture sources; precipitation

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MAIN MODE; MOISTURE SOURCES; SPECIAL SECTIONS;

MOISTURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 84900628130     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015477     Document Type: Article

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