Using the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model to simulate field-observed runoff and erosion in the Apennines mountain range, Italy

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 336, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 84-97

  Pieri, Linda ^a   Bittelli, Marco ^a   Wu, Joan Q ^b   Dun, Shuhui ^b   Flanagan, Dennis C ^c   Pisa, Paola Rossi ^a   Ventura, Francesca ^a   Salvatorelli, Fiorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop rotations; Experimental plots; Hydrologic and erosion modelling; Runoff; Sediment; Soil water; WEPP

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

EROSION MODELING; SOIL WATER; WATER BALANCE;

EROSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

CROP ROTATION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE; WATER BUDGET; WATER EROSION;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33847653216     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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