Mesoscale monitoring of soil moisture across a statewide network

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-182

  Illston, Bradley G ^a   Basara, Jeffrey B ^a   Fisher, Daniel K ^b   Elliott, Ronald ^c   Fiebrich, Christopher A ^a   Crawford, Kenneth C ^a   Humes, Karen ^d   Hunt, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PERMITTIVITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); APPLIED (CO); BACKGROUND INFORMATION; CAMPBELL (CO); DATA COLLECTED; IN-SITU; LAND-SURFACE PROCESSES; MESO SCALE; METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS; MOISTURE CONDITIONING; OKLAHOMA; QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA); SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENTS; TECHNICAL DESIGNS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

HYDROLOGY; LAND SURFACE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45249084060     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA993.1     Document Type: Article

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