A possible mechanism for soil moisture bimodality in humid-land environments

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Daly, E ^a   Zinger, Y ^a   Deletic, A ^a   Fletcher, T D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; LAND ENVIRONMENTS; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STEADY STATE MODE; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTICITY; WATER TABLE;

EID: 67449161292     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036933     Document Type: Article

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