Influences of soil, terrain, and crop growth on soil moisture variation from transect to farm scales

Geoderma

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 45-54

  Zhu, Qing ^a   Lin, Henry ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop growth; Soil depth; Soil moisture; Spatial scales; Temporal stability; Terrain attributes

Indexed keywords

CROP GROWTH; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPORAL STABILITY; TERRAIN ATTRIBUTES;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROP PRODUCTION; DRY SEASON; GROWING SEASON; HILLSLOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 79955974281     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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