Controls on the temporal and spatial variability of soil moisture in a mountainous landscape: The signature of snow and complex terrain

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1325-1336

  Williams, C J ^a   McNamara, J P ^b   Chandler, D G ^c  

^a NORTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COMPLEX TERRAIN; MOUNTAIN; SNOWPACK; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 75749148418     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-13-1325-2009     Document Type: Article

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