date:Feb 01, 2013
ater, a factor used to calculate threshold, is affected by specific soil characteristics.
The soil water contents differ across sites and depths depending on the sand, silt, and clay contents, says Ochsner. Readily available water is a site- and depth-specific parameter.
Upon calculating soil water deficits and stress thresholds for the study sites, the research team compared their assessment of drought probability to assessments made using atmospheric data. They found that a previously develo