Spatial assessment of indices for characterizing the erosive force of rainfall in El Salvador Republic

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 309-316

  Da Silva, Alexandre Marco ^a,d   Wiecheteck, Marcelo ^b   Zuercher, Benjamin W ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b STCP Engenharia de Projetos Ltda   (Brazil)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

^d Núcleo de Automação e Tecnologias Limpas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

El Salvador Republic; GIS; R factor; rainfall erosivity; soil conservation; USLE

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPS; RAIN; SOILS;

EL SALVADOR; R FACTOR; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; RAINFALL EROSIVITY MAPS; SOIL EROSION CONTROLS; SPATIAL ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; USLE;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

RAIN;

ARTICLE; EL SALVADOR; SOIL EROSION; WEATHER;

EID: 79954566753     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2010.0296     Document Type: Article

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