Soil erosion and sediment yield and their relationships with vegetation cover in upper stream of the Yellow River

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 396-403

  Ouyang, Wei ^a,b   Hao, Fanghua ^a   Skidmore, Andrew K ^b   Toxopeus, A G ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basin and sub basin; NDVI; Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT); Soil erosion and sediment yield; Yellow River Basin

Indexed keywords

NDVI; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL (SWAT); SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT YIELD; SUBBASINS; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ALGORITHM; ANNUAL VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GIS; LAND COVER; MODIS; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOFTWARE; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; STREAM (RIVER); VEGETATION;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PLANTS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 78649722211     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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