Comment on "Field observations of soil moisture variability across scales" by James S. Famiglietti et al.

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Vereecken, H ^a   Kamai, T ^b   Harter, T ^b   Kasteel, R ^a   Hopmans, J W ^b   Huisman, J A ^a   Vanderborght, J ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 59649103607     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR006911     Document Type: Note

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