An assessment of uncalibrated CLIGEN in Australia

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 131-148

  Yu, B ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erosion; Runoff; RUSLE; Weather generator; WEPP

Indexed keywords

EROSIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0345393227     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(03)00141-2     Document Type: Article

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