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Soil Moisture Modeling Based on Multiyear Observations in the Sahel.
- Source :
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Journal of Applied Meteorology (1988) . Nov2002, Vol. 41 Issue 11, p1140. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Two simple soil moisture models useful for drought monitoring and climate change studies were proposed, based on 4-yr ground observations of root-zone soil moisture in Sahelian Niger. One is a water balance model that calculates soil moisture using daily precipitation and temperature; the other is a statistical model, a modified antecedent precipitation index calculated using only daily precipitation. Both models estimated seasonal and interannual variations in the observed soil moisture quantitatively well; the estimations correlated strongly (0.94) with the observations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SOIL moisture
*DROUGHTS
*CLIMATE change
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08948763
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Meteorology (1988)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 7686233
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<1140:SMMBOM>2.0.CO;2