Estimating the spatial means and variability of root-zone soil moisture in gullies using measurements from nearby uplands

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 476, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-41

  Gao, Xiaodong ^a,b,c,d   Wu, Pute ^a,b,c   Zhao, Xining ^a,b,c   Zhang, Baoqing ^b,c   Wang, Jiawen ^b,c   Shi, Yinguang ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Engineering Research Center for Water Saving Irrigation at Yangling   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Estimation; Gully; Loess Plateau; Root zone; Soil water; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

GULLY; LOESS PLATEAU; ROOT ZONE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

CATCHMENTS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS;

LANDFORMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATIC REGION; ESTIMATION METHOD; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPLAND REGION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84870980347     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.030     Document Type: Article

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