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What controls precipitation δ18O in the southern Tibetan Plateau at seasonal and intra-seasonal scales? A case study at Lhasa and Nyalam Cover

What controls precipitation δ18O in the southern Tibetan Plateau at seasonal and intra-seasonal scales? A case study at Lhasa and Nyalam

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1
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|Jan 2013
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.21043 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 21043 - 21043
Submitted on: Apr 4, 2013
Accepted on: Sep 6, 2013
Published on: Jan 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
stable isotopes,
precipitation,
regional convection,
southern Tibetan Plateau

© 2013 Jing Gao, Valerie Masson-Delmotte, Camille Risi, You He, Tandong Yao, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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