Controls of surface soil moisture spatial patterns and their temporal stability in a semi-arid steppe

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2507-2519

  Zhao, Y ^a,b   Peth, S ^a   Wang, X Y ^b   Lin, H ^c   Horn, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlling factor; Grazing; Sampling strategy; Soil moisture; Time stability

Indexed keywords

APRIORI; BULK DENSITY; CONTROLLING FACTORS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EFFECTIVE FIELD; GRAZING; GRID POINTS; GRID SIZE; MONITORING LOCATIONS; MONITORING PERIODS; PLANT PARAMETERS; REPRESENTATIVE POINT; RESPONSE SURFACE; SAMPLING STRATEGY; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL PERSISTENCE; TEMPORAL STABILITY; TIME STABILITY; TOPOGRAPHIC INDEX; VEGETATION COVERAGE; VEGETATION PROPERTIES; VOLUMETRIC MOISTURE CONTENT; WET CONDITIONS;

LOCATION; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILITY; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BULK DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; MOISTURE CONTENT; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEPPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 77955617898     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7665     Document Type: Article

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