Calibration of RWEQ in a patchy landscape; a first step towards a regional scale wind erosion model

Aeolian Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 467-476

  Youssef, Feras ^a,e   Visser, Saskia ^a   Karssenberg, Derek ^b   Bruggeman, Adriana ^c,d   Erpul, Günay ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^e ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Regional scale; RWEQ; Soil loss; Syria; Wind erosion modelling

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND EROSION;

HALAB; KHANASSER VALLEY; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 84855908609     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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