Projected rainfall erosivity changes under climate change from multimodel and multiscenario projections in Northeast China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 97-106

  Zhang, Y G ^a,b   Nearing, M A ^b   Zhang, X C ^c   Xie, Y ^a   Wei, H ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CLIGEN; Climate change; GCM; Rainfall erosivity; Soil erosion; Universal Soil Loss Equation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; DOWN-SCALING; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; EROSION PROCESS; EROSIVITY; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MULTI-MODEL; NEW APPROACHES; NORTHEAST CHINA; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; R VALUE; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; SOIL AND WATER; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION RATE; STOCHASTIC WEATHER GENERATOR; TIME PERIODS; TIME-SCALES; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; VALIDATED METHODS; WEATHER GENERATOR;

GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER RESOURCES;

SOILS;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EROSIVITY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SOIL EROSION; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 77649178670     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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