Different sub-monsoon signals in stable oxygen isotope in daily precipitation to the northeast of the Tibetan Plateau

Xiaoxin Yang; Tandong Yao

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v68.27922

Different sub-monsoon signals in stable oxygen isotope in daily precipitation to the northeast of the Tibetan Plateau

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 68 (2016): Issue 1

By: Xiaoxin Yang and Tandong Yao

Open Access

|Jan 2016

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