Scale effects in Hortonian surface runoff on agricultural slopes in West Africa: Field data and models

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 95-101

  Van de Giesen, Nick ^a   Stomph, Tjeerd Jan ^b   Ajayi, Ayodele Ebenezer ^c,d   Bagayoko, Fafré ^e  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^e Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

Horton flow; Scale effects; Surface runoff; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CORRELATION; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; RESEARCH WORK; SCALE EFFECT; SLOPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE AREA; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

WEST AFRICA;

HORTONIA;

EID: 79960348202     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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