Soil moisture variability across climate zones

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Lawrence, Justin E ^a   Hornberger, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; HUMID REGIONS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NATIONAL PARKS; PEAK VARIANCES; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE CONDITIONS; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; TEMPERATE REGIONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THEORETICAL BOUNDS; VIRGINIA; WILTING POINT;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARKS; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 77749270717     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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