Future rainfall erosivity derived from large-scale climate models - Methods and scenarios for a humid region

Geoderma

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 269-276

  Sauerborn, P ^a   Klein, Dipl A ^a   Botschek, J ^a   Skowronek, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Downscaling; General circulation models; Greenhouse effect; Rainfall erosivity; Rainfall variability; Trace gas emission scenario

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; EROSIVITY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL;

GERMANY;

EID: 0033404226     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(99)00068-3     Document Type: Article

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