Effects of heterogeneous soil-water diffusivity on vegetation pattern formation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 5743-5758

  Yizhaq, H ^a,b   Sela, S ^a   Svoray, T ^a   Assouline, S ^c   Bel, G ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Tamar Regional Council   (Israel)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

mathematical modeling; pattern formation; soil heterogeneity; soil water diffusivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904081787     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015362     Document Type: Article

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