Increasing occurrence of high-intensity rainstorm events relevant for the generation of soil erosion in a temperate lowland region in Central Europe

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 411, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 266-278

  Mueller, Eva Nora ^a   Pfister, Angela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; High intensity; Lowlands; Mann Kendall test; Rainstorms; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

HIGH-INTENSITY; LOWLANDS; MANN-KENDALL TEST; RAINSTORMS; SOIL EROSION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; NUTRIENTS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; THUNDERSTORMS;

RAIN;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT QUALITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINSTORM; SOIL EROSION; SOIL NUTRIENT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

EMSCHER BASIN; GERMANY; LIPPE BASIN; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 81555213424     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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