Modeling spatial and temporal variations in soil moisture in China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1809-1820

  Li, Ming Xing ^a   Ma, Zhu Guo ^a   Niu, Guo Yue ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; CLM3.5; soil moisture variation; spatial and temporal characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957957432     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4493-0     Document Type: Article

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