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Effects of rainfall seasonality and soil moisture capacity on mean annual water balance for Australian catchments

Date

Authors

Potter, N J

Zhang, L-L

Milly, P C D

McMahon, Thomas Aquinas

Jakeman, Anthony

Publisher

American Geophysical Union

Abstract

An important factor controlling catchment-scale water balance is the seasonal variation of climate. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the seasonal distributions of water and energy, and their interactions with the soil moisture store,

Keywords

Keywords: Catchments; Climate change; Evapotranspiration; Infiltration; Mathematical models; Moisture; Monte Carlo methods; Numerical methods; Poisson distribution; Runoff; Soils; Climatic aridity; Seasonal variations; Soil moisture; Water balance; Rain; rainfall-r

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/85562

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Water Resources Research

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1029/2004WR003697

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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