Evaluating quantitative and qualitative models: An application for nationwide water erosion assessment in Ethiopia

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1161-1170

  Sonneveld, B G J S ^a   Keyzer, M A ^a   Stroosnijder, L ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Model comparison; Qualitative response models; Quantitative models

Indexed keywords

DATA DOMAINS; DYNAMIC CHANGES; EROSION HAZARDS; ETHIOPIA; EXPERT JUDGEMENT; EXPERT MODEL; EXPLANATORY POWER; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; GENERIC TRANSFORMATIONS; LOGIT MODELS; MODEL COMPARISON; PAPER TESTS; PREDICTIVE POWER; QUALITATIVE MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; WATER EROSION;

EROSION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EROSION RATE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATER EROSION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79957788721     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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