An analysis of the soil moisture-rainfall feedback, based on direct observations from Illinois

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 725-735

  Findell, Kirsten L ^a   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOILS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; LINEAR CORRELATION; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; OBSERVED DATA; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; SOIL SATURATION;

SOIL MOISTURE;

FLOODING; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; SOILS;

PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL FEEDBACK; SATURATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

USA, ILLINOIS;

EID: 0030618874     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR03756     Document Type: Article

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