The global distribution and dynamics of surface soil moisture

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 100-104

  McColl, Kaighin A ^a,b   Alemohammad, Seyed Hamed ^a   Akbar, Ruzbeh ^a   Konings, Alexandra G ^a,c   Yueh, Simon ^d   Entekhabi, Dara ^a,e  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; HEAT WAVE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND SURFACE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 85018869912     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2868     Document Type: Article

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