Technical Note: The representation of rainfall drop-size distribution and kinetic energy

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1001-1007

  Fox, Neil I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop kinetic energy; Drop size distribution; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

DROPLET; KINETIC ENERGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 14344249149     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-8-1001-2004     Document Type: Article

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