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Categorisation of northern California rainfall for periods with and without a radar brightband using stable isotopes and a novel automated precipitation collector Cover

Categorisation of northern California rainfall for periods with and without a radar brightband using stable isotopes and a novel automated precipitation collector

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1
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|Jan 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v67.28574 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 28574 - 28574
Submitted on: May 18, 2015
Accepted on: Oct 27, 2015
Published on: Jan 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
hydrograph separation,
echo tops,
hydrogen isotopes,
oxygen isotopes,
algorithmic-isotopic categorization,
atmospheric rivers,
altitude effect

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