On the scaling characteristics of observed and simulated spatial soil moisture fields

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-150

  Gebremichael, M ^a   Rigon, R ^b   Bertoldi, G ^c,e   Over, T M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^e EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; STREAMFLOW; VARIOGRAM; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77949455661     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-16-141-2009     Document Type: Article

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