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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1767-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1767-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Characteristics and controls of variability in soil moisture and groundwater in a headwater catchment
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 8602, Christchurch, New Zealand
M. S. Srinivasan
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 8602, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Land cover changes the soil moisture response to rainfall on the Loess Plateau F. Ge et al.
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- Wavelet analysis of soil moisture measurements for hillslope hydrological processes E. Lee & S. Kim
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- Quantification of temporal variability of vertical soil moisture movement through an unsaturated zone C. Chang et al.
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Short summary
River flows depend not only on how much water is in a catchment, but also on where the water is stored, which changes over time. We monitored streamflow, soil moisture, and groundwater levels in a NZ catchment, to find out what controls water storage and variability. We found that the catchment had a summer mode where water storage is controlled by near-surface interactions of water with soils and vegetation, and a winter mode where water storage is controlled by deeper groundwater movement.
River flows depend not only on how much water is in a catchment, but also on where the water is...