Soil moisture variability in Iowa

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2837-2848

  Khong, Angela ^a   Wang, Jessica K ^a   Quiring, Steven M ^a   Ford, Trent W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; El Ni o; Iowa; Precipitation; Soil moisture; Volumetric water content

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; MOISTURE CONTROL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; IOWA; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CONTENT;

IOWA; MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938857658     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4176     Document Type: Article

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