A new method of snowmelt sampling for water stable isotopes

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 5637-5644

  Penna, D ^a,b,r   Ahmad, M ^c   Birks, S J ^d   Bouchaou, L ^e   Brencic M ^f,g   Butt, S ^h   Holko, L ⁱ   Jeelani, G ^j   Martinez D E ^k   Melikadze, G ^l   Shanley, J B ^m   Sokratov, S A ⁿ   Stadnyk, T ^o   Sugimoto, A ^p   Vreca P ^q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^d Alberta Innovates Health Solutions   (Canada)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^g GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^h PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^k UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^l TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^m U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

ⁿ MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^p HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^q JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^r ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Passive capillary sampler; Snow core; Snowmelt; Snowmelt lysimeter; Water isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; LYSIMETERS; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE;

FRACTIONATION EFFECTS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PASSIVE CAPILLARY SAMPLER; SNOWMELT; WATER ISOTOPE; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES;

SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84908028671     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10273     Document Type: Article

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