Time stability of soil water storage measured by neutron probe and the effects of calibration procedures in a small watershed

Catena

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-82

  Hu, Wei ^a,c   Shao, Mingan ^b   Wang, Quanjiu ^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

Neutron probe; Relative difference; Soil water storage; Spatial variability; Time stability

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; LAND USE; NEUTRON PROBE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SANDY SOIL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED; YIELD RESPONSE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

CARAGANA; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII; STIPA BUNGEANA;

EID: 68249119508     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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