A physically based approach for the estimation of root-zone soil moisture from surface measurements

In the present work, we developed a new formulation for the estimation of the soil moisture in the root zone based on the measured value of soil moisture at the surface. It was derived from a simplified soil water balance equation for semiarid environments that provides a closed form of the relation...

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Main Authors: S. Manfreda, L. Brocca, T. Moramarco, F. Melone, J. Sheffield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-03-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/18/1199/2014/hess-18-1199-2014.pdf