Soil moisture trends in the Czech Republic between 1961 and 2012

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3733-3747

  Trnka, M ^a,b   Brazdil R ^b,c   Mozny M ^a,d   Stepanek P ^b,d   Dobrovolny P ^b,c   Zahradnicek P ^b,d   Balek, J ^a   Semeradova D ^b   Dubrovsky M ^b,e   Hlavinka, P ^a,b   Eitzinger, J ^b,f   Wardlow, B ^g   Svoboda, M ^g   Hayes, M ^g   Zalud Z ^a,b  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b Global Change Research Centre   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate dice; Czech Republic; Drought assessment; Drought climatology; Observed climate change; Soil moisture; Water balance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLIMATE DICE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DECADAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; WATER BALANCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL MOISTURE; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 84945483088     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4242     Document Type: Article

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