On the importance of accurate depiction of infiltration processes on modelled soil moisture and vegetation water stress

Ecohydrology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-165

  Manfreda, Salvatore ^a   Scanlon, Todd M ^b   Caylor, Kelly K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Infiltration; Soil moisture; Vegetation water stress

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; COMPLEX INTERACTION; ECOHYDROLOGY; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; HUMID CLIMATES; INFILTRATION CAPACITY; INFILTRATION PROCESS; LOAM SOILS; LOAMY SAND; MATHEMATICAL FORMS; MODERATE PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PERMEABLE SOILS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SATURATION EXCESS; SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS; SHORT DURATIONS; SIMPLE EXPRESSION; SOIL INFILTRATION; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE MODEL; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SOIL WATER LOSS; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRESS; WATER STRESS;

CLAY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAIN; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION COVER; WATER BUDGET; WATER STRESS;

EID: 77954626253     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.79     Document Type: Article

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