A test of three soil erosion models incorporated into a geographical information system

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 967-977

  Svorin, Josefine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Input parameter estimation; Morgan and Finney; SLEMSA; Soil erosion; USLE; Validation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; SOIL TESTING;

SOIL EROSION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EROSION; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MODELING; SOIL;

CATCHMENT; EROSION; GIS; MODELING; SOIL; SOIL EROSION;

ITALY;

EID: 0038034233     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1174     Document Type: Article

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