Catchment-scale soil water dynamics in a mediterranean-type oak woodland

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 800-815

  Swarowsky, A ^a   Dahlgren, R A ^a   Tate, K W ^a   Hopmans, J W ^a   O'Geen, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; CALIFORNIA; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; CATCHMENT SCALE; CLAYPAN; FIXED EFFECTS; FUTURE CLIMATE; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC BUDGETS; HYDROLOGIC FLOW; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; LATERAL FLOW; LINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; QUERCUS SPP; RAINFALL EVENT; SIERRA NEVADA; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE STATUS; SOIL STRATIGRAPHY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; SOIL-WATER DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TOPOGRAPHIC INDEX; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BALANCE; WATER RESOURCE PLANNING; WATER STORAGE; WATER YEAR; WINTER RAINFALL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; POTABLE WATER; RADIATION EFFECTS; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STRATIGRAPHY; STREAM FLOW; SUN; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRINKING WATER; FLOW PATTERN; HYDROGRAPH; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; SATURATION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATIGRAPHY; STREAMFLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY; WOODLAND;

DRINKING WATER; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PLANTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RAIN; RESERVOIRS; RUNOFF; SOIL; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SHEDS; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS;

EID: 84860413084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0126     Document Type: Article

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