Suitability of different erosivity models used in RUSLE2 for the South West Indian region

Environmentalist

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-410

  Pal, Indrani ^a   Al Tabbaa, Abir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinetic energy; Rainfall erosivity factor (R); Rainfall intensity; RUSLE2; Soil erosion; South West India

Indexed keywords

EROSIVITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; KINETIC ENERGY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINSTORM; SOIL EROSION;

INDIA;

EID: 77649338107     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-009-9232-6     Document Type: Article

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