Rainfall erosivity in the Upper Llobregat Basin, SE Pyrenees

Pirineos

Volumn , Issue 165, 2010, Pages 55-67

  Catari, G ^a,b   Gallart, F ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Error propagation; Pyrenees; R factor; RUSLE; Upper Llobregat Basin

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EROSIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

CATALONIA; LLOBREGAT BASIN; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 77952651911     PISSN: 03732568     EISSN: 03732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/Pirineos.2010.165003     Document Type: Article

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