Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50208#.VDICx1fHRK0 Author(s) Shoji Noguchi 1* , Yoshio Tsuboyama 1 , Roy C. Sidle 2,,3 , Tayoko Kubota 4 Affiliation(s) 1 Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan . 2 Ecosystems Research Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, USA . 4 Tohoku Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Iwate, Japan . ABSTRACT Predicting the spatial distribution of soil moisture is an important hydrological question. We measured the spatial distribution of surface soil moisture (upper 6 cm) using an Amplitude Domain Reflectometry sensor at the plot scale (2 × 2 m) and small catchment scale (0.84 ha) in a temperate forest. The ...
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