Uncertainty in modelling the detachment of soil by rainfall

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 723-728

  Parsons, Anthony J ^a   Gadian, Alan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modelling soil erosion; Raindrop size distribution; Rainfall kinetic energy; Soil detachment

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SOIL EROSION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033915098     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9837(200007)25:7<723::AID-ESP127>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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