Transient soil-moisture dynamics and climate change in Mediterranean ecosystems

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Viola, F ^a,b   Daly, E ^c   Vico, G ^b   Cannarozzo, M ^a   Porporato, A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CULTIVATION; DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

GROWING SEASONS; HYDROCLIMATIC; IN PLANTS; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEMS; MEDITERRANEAN REGIONS; MOISTURE DYNAMICS; MOISTURE STORAGES; NUMERICAL DESCRIPTIONS; OUT OF PHASE; PLANT WATER STRESSES; PROBABILISTIC STRUCTURES; ROOT SYSTEMS; ROOTING DEPTHS; SEASONAL BEHAVIORS; TEST CASES; WET SEASONS; WET WINTERS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER STRESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58149091794     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006371     Document Type: Article

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