Soil water dynamics at a midlatitude test site: Field measurements and box modeling approaches

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 414-415, Issue , 2012, Pages 329-340

  Baudena, Mara ^a,c   Bevilacqua, Ivan ^b   Canone, Davide ^b   Ferraris, Stefano ^b   Previati, Maurizio ^b   Provenzale, Antonello ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Box models; Soil moisture content; Soil water measurement

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL DYNAMICS; BOX MODELS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; LEAST SQUARES; MIDLATITUDES; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELING APPROACH; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; TEST SITE; THREE-BOX MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIELD SURVEY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NONLINEARITY; RAINFALL; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

ITALY;

EID: 84855197957     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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