The Distribution of Surface Soil Moisture over Space and Time in Eastern Taylor Valley, Antarctica

Available soil moisture is thought to be the limiting factor for most ecosystem processes in the cold polar desert of the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) of Antarctica. Previous studies have shown that microfauna throughout the MDVs are capable of biological activity when sufficient soil moisture is avai...

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Published in:Remote Sensing
Main Authors: Mark R. Salvatore, John E. Barrett, Laura E. Fackrell, Eric R. Sokol, Joseph S. Levy, Lily C. Kuentz, Michael N. Gooseff, Byron J. Adams, Sarah N. Power, J. Paul Knightly, Haley M. Matul, Brian Szutu, Peter T. Doran
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023
Subjects:
hydrology
soil moisture
remote sensing
dry valleys
ecology
Science
Q
Antarctic
Austral
Fryxell
McMurdo Dry Valleys
Taylor Valley
Antarc*
Antarctica
polar desert
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15123170
https://doaj.org/article/ee566d7e0ab34acb82617da39045d921

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