Open AccessLinking Critical Zone Water Storage and Ecosystems
Author(s) -
Roger C. Bales,
W. E. Dietrich
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo150459
Subject(s) - water storage , resilience (materials science) , environmental science , ecosystem , moisture , hydrology (agriculture) , earth science , geology , environmental resource management , geography , geomorphology , ecology , geotechnical engineering , meteorology , biology , inlet , physics , thermodynamics
The geology and the structure of Earth’s critical zone control subsurface moisture storage potential and determine the resilience of forest and river ecosystems to drought.