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Antecedent moisture

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000413

The degree of wetness of the soil at the beginning of a runoff period, expressed as an index or as the total inch-depth-equivalents of water stored in the soil.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000413
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesSchwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoSoil water content
TranslationsSpanish: humedad antecedente
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000413",
  "term": "Antecedent moisture",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The degree of wetness of the soil at the beginning of a runoff period, expressed as an index or as the total inch-depth-equivalents of water stored in the soil.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "soil water content"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "humedad antecedente"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/antecedent-moisture/"
}

Record 409 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.