Soil water content temporal-spatial variability of the surface layer of a loess plateau hillside in China

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-289

  Hu, Wei ^a,b,c   Ming, An Shao ^b   Quan, Jiu Wang ^b   Reichardt, Klaus ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Correlation length; Surface soil moisture; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649115381     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162008000300008     Document Type: Article

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