Effect of soil hydraulic properties on the relationship between the spatial mean and variability of soil moisture

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 516, Issue , 2014, Pages 154-160

  Martínez García, Gonzalo ^a,b   Pachepsky, Yakov A ^b   Vereecken, Harry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Environmental Microbiology and Food Safety Laboratory   (United States)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Soil hydraulic properties; Soil moisture; Variability

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE CONTROL;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; VARIABILITY; WATER FLOW SIMULATION;

SOIL MOISTURE;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; WATER RETENTION; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 84945173652     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.01.069     Document Type: Article

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