Assessing moisture sources of precipitation in the Western Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan, Central Asia) using deuterium excess

Tobias R. Juhlke; Christiane Meier; Robert Van Geldern; Kim A. Vanselow; Jakob Wernicke; Jamila Baidulloeva; Johannes A.C. Barth; Stephan M. Weise

doi:10.1080/16000889.2019.1601987

Assessing moisture sources of precipitation in the Western Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan, Central Asia) using deuterium excess

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 71 (2019): Issue 1

By: Tobias R. Juhlke, Christiane Meier, Robert Van Geldern, Kim A. Vanselow, Jakob Wernicke, Jamila Baidulloeva, Johannes A.C. Barth and Stephan M. Weise

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