Temporal and spatial features of the soil moisture in boreal spring in eastern China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-278

  Zuo, Zhi Yan ^a   Zhang, Ren He ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

100 E east of China; Soil moisture; Spring; Temporal and spatial variation

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TECTONICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOREAL SPRINGS; DATA CAPTURES; DEEP LAYERS; EUROPEAN CENTER FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; IN-SITU; INNER MONGOLIA; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; MOISTURE DATUM; NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; NORTH CHINAS; NORTHEAST CHINAS; OBSERVATIONAL DATUM; SOUTHWEST CHINAS; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL FEATURES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPRING; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA PROCESSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 59149085838     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0011-5     Document Type: Article

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