Soil erodibility estimation using LUCAS point survey data of Europe

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 143-145

  Panagos, P ^a   Meusburger, K ^b   Alewell, C ^b   Montanarella, L ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Erosion modelling; K factor; LUCAS; Soil erodibility; USLE

Indexed keywords

EROSION MODELLING; K-FACTOR; LUCAS; SOIL ERODIBILITY; USLE;

EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SURVEY; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84855192770     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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