A review of the methods available for estimating soil moisture and its implications for water resource management

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 458-459, Issue , 2012, Pages 110-117

  Dobriyal, Pariva ^a   Qureshi, Ashi ^a   Badola, Ruchi ^a   Hussain, Syed Ainul ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Desertification; Forested landscapes; Methods of measurement; Soil moisture; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; DESERTIFICATION; DIRECT METHOD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; GRAVIMETRIC METHODS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); INDIRECT METHODS; LANDSCAPE LEVEL; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; METHODS OF MEASUREMENT; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SOIL MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL COVERAGE; STANDARD METHOD; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESERTIFICATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVIMETRY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HETEROGENEITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MOISTURE CONTENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84864290946     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.06.021     Document Type: Review

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