Precipitation isotopes link regional climate patterns to water supply in a tropical mountain forest, eastern Puerto Rico

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4305-4322

  Scholl, Martha A ^a   Murphy, Sheila F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; catchment hydrology; deuterium; Luquillo; oxygen 18; rainfall intensity; watershed hydrology

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DEUTERIUM; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); TROPICS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CARIBBEAN; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; LUQUILLO; OXYGEN-18; RAINFALL INTENSITY; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY;

RAIN;

CLIMATE MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MONTANE FOREST; RECHARGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMFLOW; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER BUDGET; WATERSHED;

LUQUILLO MOUNTAINS; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84902367884     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014413     Document Type: Article

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