Temporal variations of atmospheric water vapor δD and δ18O above an arid artificial oasis cropland in the heihe river basin

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11,456-11,476

  Huang, Lvjun ^a,b   Wen, Xuefa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENTRAINMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MIXING RATIO; OASIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER VAPOR;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 84938642636     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021891     Document Type: Article

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