Analysis of observed soil moisture patterns under different land covers in Western Ghats, India

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 397, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 281-294

  Venkatesh, B ^a   Lakshman, Nandagiri ^b   Purandara, B K ^a   Reddy, V B ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA   (India)

^c THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acacia plantation; Field experiments; Profile mean; Soil moisture; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ACACIA PLANTATION; ANTECEDENT MOISTURE; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGRADED FORESTS; EXOTIC SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; KARNATAKA; LAND COVER; LAND-USE SCENARIO; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; NATURAL FORESTS; NEAR-SURFACE; POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS; PROFILE MEAN; REGRESSION MODEL; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MATRIC POTENTIAL; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TIME INTERVAL; WESTERN GHATS;

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RATING; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER; WATER CONTENT; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; HUMID TROPICS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ACACIA; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTATION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE CONTROL; RATING; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; SURVEYS;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; UTTARA KANNADA; WESTERN GHATS;

ACACIA;

EID: 78651359946     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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