Water balance variability at the interstorm timescale

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Potter, N J ^a   Zhang, L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTATION THEORY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

INTERSTORM EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL MOISTURE BALANCE;

RAIN;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTATION THEORY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STORM; TIMESCALE; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 34347231965     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005276     Document Type: Article

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