Technical note: Lessons from and best practices for the  deployment of the Soil Water Isotope Storage System

Havranek, Rachel E.; Snell, Kathryn; Kopf, Sebastian; Davidheiser-Kroll, Brett; Morris, Valerie; Vaughn, Bruce

doi:10.5194/hess-27-2951-2023

Articles | Volume 27, issue 15

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Articles | Volume 27, issue 15

Technical note

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10 Aug 2023

Technical note |

| 10 Aug 2023

Technical note: Lessons from and best practices for the deployment of the Soil Water Isotope Storage System

Rachel E. Havranek, Kathryn Snell, Sebastian Kopf, Brett Davidheiser-Kroll, Valerie Morris, and Bruce Vaughn

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