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Controls on topographic dependence and temporal instability in catchment‐scale soil moisture patterns
Author(s) -
Coleman Michael L.,
Niemann Jeffrey D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1002/wrcr.20159
Subject(s) - instability , vegetation (pathology) , scale (ratio) , environmental science , water content , hydrology (agriculture) , soil science , drainage basin , geology , geography , geotechnical engineering , cartography , medicine , physics , pathology , mechanics
Key Points Type of topographic dependence mainly depends on soil & vegetation properties Temporal instability increases if lateral flow & radiative ET are balanced Soil & vegetation properties mainly determine if the dominant process changes