Using CLIGEN to generate RUSLE climate inputs

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 993-1001

  Yu, Bofu ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Stochastic weather generator; Storm pattern; WEPP

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; EROSION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RUNOFF; STORMS;

CLIMATE INPUTS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0036665512     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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