Spatial variability of surface soil moisture content in a re-vegetated desert area in Shapotou, Northern China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1675-1683

  Pan, Y X ^a   Wang, X P ^a   Jia, R L ^a   Chen, Y W ^a   He, M Z ^a  

^a Engineering Research Institute ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Grid scale; Influence factors; Soil texture; Topography; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DESERT; DUNE; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TIME SERIES; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NINGXIA HUIZU; SHAPOTOU; TENGGER DESERT;

EID: 45449104970     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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