Estimation of rainfall erosivity using 5- to 60-minute fixed-interval rainfall data from China

Catena

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306-312

  Yin, S ^a   Xie, Y ^a   Nearing, M A ^b   Wang, C ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakpoint rainfall data; Rainfall erosivity index; Soil erosion; USLE

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; DATA ASSIMILATION; HILLSLOPE; INDEX METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; STORM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATER EROSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34249780119     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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