Estimating monthly (R)USLE climate input in a Mediterranean region using limited data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 345, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 224-236

  Diodato, Nazzareno ^a   Bellocchi, Gianni ^b  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b Azienda Agraria Abbadia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diodato Bellocchi Rainfall Erosivity Model; Erosivity factor; Monthly time step; REMDB; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EROSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DIODATO BELLOCCHI RAINFALL EROSIVITY MODEL; EROSIVITY FACTOR; FOURNIER INDEX; MONTHLY TIME STEP; SOIL EROSION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; DATA SET; EROSIVITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SOIL EROSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATER EROSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 35348892778     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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