Hydraulic Redistribution Decreases with Precipitation Magnitude and Frequency in a Dryland Ecosystem: A Data-Model Fusion Approach

Chandel, Aneesh Kumar; Cattry, Mitra; Zhou, Yu; Duong, Hang; Litvak, Marcy E.; Pockman, William T.; Luo, Yiqi

doi:10.5194/bg-23-2045-2026

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18 Mar 2026

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Hydraulic Redistribution Decreases with Precipitation Magnitude and Frequency in a Dryland Ecosystem: A Data-Model Fusion Approach

Aneesh Kumar Chandel, Mitra Cattry, Yu Zhou, Hang Duong, Marcy E. Litvak, William T. Pockman, and Yiqi Luo

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