The response of soil moisture to long-term variability of precipitation

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 604-613

  Wu, Wanru ^a   Geller, Marvin A ^b   Dickinson, Robert E ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FEEDBACK; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036825783     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2002)003<0604:TROSMT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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