Artificial neural networks of soil erosion and runoff prediction at the plot scale

Catena

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-114

  Licznar, P ^a   Nearing, M A ^b  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural runoff plots; Neural networks; Soil erosion; WEPP

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037455860     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(02)00147-9     Document Type: Article

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