A new splash cup to measure the kinetic energy of rainfall

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 596-601

  Scholten, Thomas ^a   Geißler, Christian ^a   Goc, Jacek ^a   Kühn, Peter ^a   Wiegand, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; China; Kinetic energy; Soil erosion; Splash cups; Subtropical forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960952574     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201000349     Document Type: Article

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