Geostatistical uncertainty modelling for the environmental hazard assessment during single erosive rainstorm events

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 25-42

  Diodato, Nazzareno ^a  

^a Monte Pino Research Observatory on Climate and Landscape   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benevento (Southern Italy); Geostatistical; GIS; Hazard mapping; Rainstorm; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEGRADATION; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RIVERS; SOILS; STORMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; RAINSTORMS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

RAIN; STORM WATER;

EROSION; RAINSTORM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGY; ITALY; LANDSCAPE; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION;

ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RAIN; RIVERS; SOIL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 21044433807     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-2815-x     Document Type: Article

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