Spatial correlation of soil moisture in small catchments and its relationship to dominant spatial hydrological processes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 286, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 113-134

  Western, Andrew W ^a   Zhou, Sen Lin ^a   Grayson, Rodger B ^a   McMahon, Thomas A ^a   Blöschl, Günter ^b   Wilson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Correlation structure; Soil moisture; Time domain reflectometry; Topography; Variogram

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; REFLECTOMETERS; RIVERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

LATERAL FLOW; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

SOILS;

CATCHMENT; CORRELATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 1142281993     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.09.014     Document Type: Article

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