Aspect influences on soil water retention and storage

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 3836-3842

  Geroy, I J ^a   Gribb, M M ^b   Marshall, H P ^c   Chandler, D G ^d   Benner, S G ^c   Mcnamara, J P ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b South Dakota School of Mines and Technology   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspect; Semi arid; Soil moisture; Storage; Water retention; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ASPECT; DRAINAGE EXPERIMENTS; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; IDAHO , USA; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; PROFILE THICKNESS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SAMPLE LOCATION; SAMPLE SIZES; SEMI-ARID; SEMIARID CATCHMENTS; SILT CONTENTS; SLOPE ASPECT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL POROSITY; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER RETENTION; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; SOIL-WATER PRESSURE; STORAGE CAPACITY; UNDISTURBED SOILS; WATER RETENTION; WATER RETENTION PROPERTIES; WET WINTERS;

CATCHMENTS; ENERGY STORAGE; RUNOFF; TEXTILE BLENDS; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CATCHMENT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED;

EID: 82655184112     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8281     Document Type: Article

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