Estimation of soil splash detachment rates on the forest floor of an unmanaged Japanese cypress plantation based on field measurements of throughfall drop sizes and velocities

Catena

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 348-361

  Nanko, Kazuki ^a   Mizugaki, Shigeru ^a,b   Onda, Yuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chamaecyparis obtusa; Rain erosivity; Soil splash detachment; Splash cup; Throughfall drop

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DROPLET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELD METHOD; FOREST FLOOR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLANTATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINDROP; THROUGHFALL;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 36048945964     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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