Assessing and modelling changes in rainfall erosivity at different climate scales

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 969-980

  Diodato, N ^a,b   Bellocchi, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b Monte Pino Research Observatory on Climate and Landscape   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Mediterranean; Quantiles; Rainfall erosivity; Return times

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN; QUANTILES; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; RETURN TIMES;

AGRICULTURE; EROSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; RAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STORMS; WATER; WINDOWS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EROSIVITY; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 69349083757     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1784     Document Type: Article

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