RUSLE applied in a GIS framework: Calculating the LS factor and deriving homogeneous patches for estimating soil loss

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 809-829

  Lewis, Laurence A ^a   Verstraeten, Gert ^b   Zhu, Honglei ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Homogeneous patches; LS factor; RUSLE; Soil loss

Indexed keywords

GIS; SOIL;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24644493295     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810500105705     Document Type: Article

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