Spatial variations of shallow and deep soil moisture in the semi-arid Loess Plateau, China

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3199-3217

  Yang, L ^a   Wei, W ^a   Chen, L ^a   Jia, F ^a   Mo, B ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Gansu Academy of Forestry Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP LAYER; DEEP SOIL LAYER; DEEP SOIL MOISTURE; DEEP SOILS; DYNAMIC ROLES; GANSU PROVINCE; GROWING CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LARGE-SCALE PLANTATIONS; LOESS PLATEAU; SAMPLING SITE; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SLOPE ASPECT; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SLOPE POSITIONS; SOIL LAYER; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; VEGETATION GROWTH; VEGETATION RESTORATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

LANDFORMS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

MOISTURE CONTENT; SEMIARID REGION; SLOPE; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; LOESS PLATEAU; LONGTAN RESERVOIR;

EID: 84869379894     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3199-2012     Document Type: Article

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