Shallow Subsurface Soil Moisture Dynamics in the Root-Zone and Bulk Soil of Sparsely Vegetated Land Surfaces as Impacted by Near-Surface Atmospheric State

Andrew Trautz, Center for Experimental Study of Subsurface Environmental Processes (CESEP), Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, Tissa H Illangasekare, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and & Environmental Engineering, Golden, CO, United States and Nils Tilton, Colorado School of Mines, Mechanical Engineering, Golden, CO, United States