A nonparametric/parametric analysis of the Universal Soil Loss Equation

Catena

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-21

  Sonneveld, B G J S ^a   Nearing, M A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Model fit; Nonparametric regression; Parametric regression; Robustness; Universal Soil Loss Equation

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

EID: 0037779174     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(02)00150-9     Document Type: Article

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