Estimates of continental-scale soil wetness and comparison with the soil moisture data of Mintz and Serafini

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 681-689

  Matsuyama, H ^a   Masuda, K ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; SEASONAL CHANGE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WETNESS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, VOLGA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZON RIVER;

EID: 0031399317     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050190     Document Type: Article

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