Observed spatial organization of soil moisture and its relation to terrain indices

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 797-810

  Western, Andrew W ^a   Grayson, Rodger B ^a   Blöschl, Günter ^b   Willgoose, Garry R ^c   McMahon, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; FUNCTIONS; MOISTURE; SOILS;

CATCHMENTS;

WATERSHEDS;

SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033104562     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900065     Document Type: Article

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