10-Daily soil erosion modelling over sub-Saharan Africa

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 369-387

  Symeonakis, Elias ^a   Drake, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS; GLASOD; Land degradation; SCS; Soil erosion; Soil erosion modelling; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SCALE; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND DEGRADATION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SIMPLE MODEL; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION MODELLING; SOIL LOSS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WATER RUNOFF;

DEGRADATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

RUNOFF;

DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; EROSION RATE; GIS; LAND DEGRADATION; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 74349119602     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0754-7     Document Type: Article

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