Soil moisture temporal stability at different depths on two alpine hillslopes during wet and dry periods

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 477, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-71

  Penna, D ^a,b   Brocca, L ^c   Borga, M ^a   Dalla Fontana, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dry and wet periods; Hillslope; Piezometric response; Soil moisture; Spatial patterns; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

DRY AND WET; HILLSLOPES; PIEZOMETRIC RESPONSE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL STABILITY;

DROUGHT; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILITY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE FORCING; HILLSLOPE; PIEZOMETER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84871517235     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.052     Document Type: Article

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