Ecohydrology of groundwater-dependent ecosystems: 2. Stochastic soil moisture dynamics

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Tamea, Stefania ^b   Laio, Francesco ^b   Ridolfi, Luca ^b   D'Odorico, Paolo ^a   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY RISE; ECO-HYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; POISSON NOISE; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; RAINFALL INFILTRATION; ROOT-WATER UPTAKE; SEMI-ANALYTICAL; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; VEGETATION PARAMETERS; WATER BALANCE; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS; WATER TABLES; DEPTH DEPENDENTS;

AQUIFERS; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAIN; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; STOCHASTICITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER TABLE; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 84860352892     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007293     Document Type: Article

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