On the spatial and temporal links between vegetation, climate, and soil moisture

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3709-3722

  Rodriguez Iturbe, I ^a   D'Odorico, P ^a   Porporato, A ^a,b   Ridolfi, L ^a,b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

EID: 0033461820     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900255     Document Type: Article

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