Spatial clusters and temporal trends of seasonal surface soil moisture across China in responses to regional climate and land cover changes

Ecohydrology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Chen, Xiuzhi ^a   Liu, Xiaodong ^b   Liu, Zhiyong ^c   Zhou, Ping ^d   Zhou, Guoyi ^a   Liao, Jishan ^e   Liu, Liyang ^f  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^f CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

climate change; drought; reforestation; soil water content; spatial pattern; temporal trends

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; MOISTURE; REFORESTATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL TRENDS; VEGETATION GROWTH;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; LAND COVER; REFORESTATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA;

EID: 85015180460     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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