Long-term predictability of soil moisture dynamics at the global scale: Persistence versus large-scale drivers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 8554-8562

  Nicolai Shaw, Nadine ^a   Gudmundsson, Lukas ^a   Hirschi, Martin ^a   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

remote sensing; soil moisture dynamics; soil moisture persistence; soil moisture predictability; teleconnection indices

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; REMOTE SENSING;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; NATURAL HAZARD; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; TELECONNECTION INDICES;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PERSISTENCE; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 84983786869     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069847     Document Type: Article

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