Spatial distribution dynamics of topsoil moisture in shrub microenvironment after rain events in arid and semi-arid areas by means of high-resolution maps

Geomorphology

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 455-464

  Katra, Itzhak ^a   Blumberg, Dan G ^b   Lavee, Hanoch ^a   Sarah, Pariente ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arid area; Shrub; Sink source; Soil moisture; Spatio temporal pattern; Thermal infrared

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; IMAGING METHOD; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPSOIL;

EID: 34047256103     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.09.020     Document Type: Article

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