An analysis of soil moisture dynamics using multi-year data from a network of micrometeorological observation sites

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1065-1081

  Miller, Gretchen R ^a   Baldocchi, Dennis D ^b   Law, Beverly E ^c   Meyers, Tilden ^d  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AmeriFlux; Ecohydrology; Evapotranspiration; Soil moisture; Soil plant atmosphere models; Vadose zone; Water balance; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ECOHYDROLOGY; SOIL-PLANT-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; WATER BALANCE; WATER STRESS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847295731     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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