Spatial and seasonal distribution of rainfall erosivity in Australia

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 887-901

  Lu, Hua ^a   Yu, Bofu ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERROR;

RAIN;

EROSIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036383429     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR01117     Document Type: Article

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