A comparison of two variable intensity rainfall simulators for runoff studies

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-16

  Pérez Latorre, Francisco J ^a   de Castro, Laura ^a   Delgado, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drop size; Kinetic energy; Rainfall intensity; Rainfall simulator

Indexed keywords

DROP SIZE; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; JET NOZZLE; LOWER COST; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANE JET; POWER SUPPLY; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATORS;

ATOMIZERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC ENERGY; NOZZLES; RUNOFF; SIMULATORS; SOLENOID VALVES; SOLENOIDS;

RAIN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROPLET; KINETIC ENERGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SIMULATOR;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 77949490148     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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