Abstract: The linkages between soil moisture dynamics and convection triggers, defined here as the first crossing between the boundary layer height (hBL) and lifting condensation level (hLCL), are complicated by a large number of ...

Abstract: The coupled dynamics of soil moisture, transpiration, and assimilation are studied at the daily time scale by temporally upscaling the hourly time scale results obtained in a companion paper. The effects of soil and ...

Abstract: The governing equations of soil moisture dynamics, photosynthesis, and transpiration are reviewed and coupled to study the dependence of plant carbon assimilation on soil moisture. The model follows the scheme of the ...

Abstract: A simple model is developed to investigate the role of spatial dynamics in the soil?atmosphere system. The model is constructed by considering the mass and energy balance equations for soil and atmosphere, closed with a ...