Mapping rainfall erosivity at a regional scale: A comparison of interpolation methods in the Ebro Basin (NE Spain)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1907-1920

  Angulo Martinez M ^a   Lopez Vicente M ^c   Vicente Serrano, S M ^b   Begueria S ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EROSIVITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICS; INDEX METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VARIOGRAM;

EBRO BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 70350607455     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-13-1907-2009     Document Type: Article

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