Rainfall erosivity in Central Chile

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 410, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 126-133

  Bonilla, Carlos A ^a   Vidal, Karim L ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Rainfall erosivity; Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; CENTRAL CHILE; CULTIVATED LANDS; DATA POINTS; EROSIVITY; HIGH RESOLUTION DATA; KRIGING; MODEL EFFICIENCY; PLUVIOGRAPH; POINT ESTIMATE; R VALUE; RAIN GAUGE NETWORKS; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RAINFALL DEPTHS; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; RAINFALL RUNOFF; REGIONAL FEATURE; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; SOIL EROSION; STUDY AREAS; TIME INTERVAL; WATER EROSION;

EROSION; FORESTRY; GAGES; LAND USE; RAIN GAGES; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; STORMS;

RAIN;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EROSIVITY; KINETIC ENERGY; KRIGING; LAND USE PLANNING; LATITUDE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RAINGAUGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL EROSION; TERRITORY; WATER EROSION;

ANDES; CHILE;

EID: 80054852812     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.09.022     Document Type: Article

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