Estimating rainfall erosivity from daily precipitation records: A comparison among methods using data from the Ebro Basin (NE Spain)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 111-121

  Angulo Martinez M ^a   Begueria S ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Daily rainfall erosivity models; Ebro basin; Modified Fournier index; NE Spain; Rainfall erosivity; RUSLE R factor

Indexed keywords

DAILY RAINFALL EROSIVITY MODELS; EBRO BASIN; MODIFIED FOURNIER INDEX; NE SPAIN; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; RUSLE R FACTOR;

DROUGHT; EROSION; ERROR STATISTICS; SOILS; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; EROSION CONTROL; EROSIVITY; KINETIC ENERGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER EROSION;

EBRO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70350589319     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.09.051     Document Type: Article

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