Spatial Variation of "Non-Rainfall" Water Input and the Effect of Mechanical Soil Crusts on Input and Evaporation

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 169, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2217-2229

  Kaseke, K F ^a,b   Mills, A J ^a   Esler, K ^a   Henschel, J ^c   Seely, M K ^d   Brown, R ^e  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Gobabeb Training and Research Centre Walvis Bay   (Namibia)

^c EnviroMend   (Namibia)

^d DESERT RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

"Non rainfall" water; dew; evaporation; fog; soil crusts; spatial variation

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ARID ECOSYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; DEW; NAMIB DESERT; SOIL CRUSTS; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

ECOLOGY; EVAPORATION; FOG; GAS ADSORPTION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOILS; VAPORS;

RAIN;

ADSORPTION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; DEW; EVAPORATION; FOG; SOIL CRUST; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET;

NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA;

EID: 84869830703     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-012-0469-5     Document Type: Article

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