Diagnosing the seasonal land-atmosphere correspondence over northern Australia: Dependence on soil moisture state and correspondence strength definition

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3433-3447

  Decker, M ^a   Pitman, A ^a   Evans, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

EVAPORATIVE FRACTION; LAND SURFACE MODELING; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; ROOT ZONE SOIL MOISTURES; STATISTICAL MEASURES; STRONG CORRELATION; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ARID REGION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CORRELATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRACTIONATION; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHIZOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE LAYER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84938767727     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-3433-2015     Document Type: Article

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