Plants in water-controlled ecosystems: active role in hydrologic processes and response to water stress II. Probabilistic soil moisture dynamics Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A stochastic model for soil moisture dynamics at a point is studied in detail. Rainfall is described as a marked Poisson process, producing a state-dependent infiltration into the soil. Losses due to leakage and evapotranspiration also depend on the existing level of soil moisture through a simplifying but realistic representation of plant physiological characteristics and soil properties. The analytic solution of the steady-state probability distributions is investigated to assess the role of climate, soil, and vegetation in soil moisture dynamics and water balance. 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

published proceedings

  • Advances in Water Resources

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Laio, F., Porporato, A., Ridolfi, L., & Rodriguez-Iturbe, I.

citation count

  • 595

complete list of authors

  • Laio, F||Porporato, A||Ridolfi, L||Rodriguez-Iturbe, I

publication date

  • July 2001