Drop size distribution and energy load of rain storms at Ibadan, western Nigeria

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 103-114

  Lal, R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Momentum; Rainfall erosivity; Soil erosion; Tropics; Universal soil loss equation; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EROSION; KINETIC ENERGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINDROP; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0032171624     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00109-3     Document Type: Article

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