Soil moisture variability across climate zones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Lawrence, Justin E ^a   Hornberger, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; POROSITY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

SOIL MOISTURE PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATIC REGION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 37349004758     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031382     Document Type: Article

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