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

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2005

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Potter, N J
Zhang, L-L
Milly, P C D
McMahon, Thomas Aquinas
Jakeman, Anthony

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American Geophysical Union

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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,

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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

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Water Resources Research

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