Field measurement of infiltration rate using an oscillating nozzle rainfall simulator in the cold, semiarid grassland of Mongolia

Catena

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-181

  Kato, H ^a   Onda, Y ^a   Tanaka, Y ^b   Asano, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Infiltration rate; Mongolia; Rainfall simulation; Semiarid grassland; Surface cover

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 58549114843     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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