A new perspective on the spatio-temporal variability of soil moisture: Temporal dynamics versus time-invariant contributions

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2169-2179

  Mittelbach, H ^a   Seneviratne, S I ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SCIENCE; MEAN VALUES; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE NETWORKS; SPATIAL EXTENT; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIANCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STABILITY CONCEPTS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL STABILITY; TIME INVARIANTS; TIME STEP; TIME VARYING; TIME-PERIODS; TOTAL VARIANCE;

DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CLIMATOLOGY; GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LITERATURE REVIEW; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84864224050     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-2169-2012     Document Type: Article

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