Investigating soil moisture–climate interactions in a changing climate: A review

2010/02/15 by Sonia I. Seneviratne, T. Corti, Thierry Corti +7 · 5,716 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Climate change #Climate model #Climate variability and models #Climatology #Ecology #Environmental science #Geography #Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations #Meteorology #Precipitation #Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing #Water content

paper · doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.02.004

published in Earth-Science Reviews 99(3-4), 125-161 (Elsevier BV)

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