Sensing with boots and trousers - qualitative field observations of shallow soil moisture patterns

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 4112-4120

  Rinderer, Michael ^a   Kollegger, Andrea ^a   Fischer, Benjamin M C ^a   Stähli, Manfred ^b   Seibert, Jan ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Qualitative field method; Soil moisture; Wetness classification

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHODS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GRAVIMETRIC SAMPLING; PHYSICAL PROCESS; QUALITATIVE MEASUREMENTS; QUALITATIVE METHOD; QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES; SAMPLING LOCATION; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL WATER; SOIL WETNESS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SYSTEMATIC TESTING; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

CATCHMENTS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CATCHMENT; HETEROGENEITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 84871121490     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9531     Document Type: Article

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