Decadal modelling of rainfall-runoff erosivity in the Euro-Mediterranean region using extreme precipitation indices

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 86-87, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-91

  Diodato, Nazzareno ^a   Bellocchi, Gianni ^a,b  

^a Met European Research Observatory   (Italy)

^b French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

Central Europe and Mediterranean region (CEM); Decadal Rainfall Runoff Erosivity Multiscale Model (DREMM); Rainfall runoff erosivity; Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE); Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MULTISCALE MODELS; RAINFALL RUNOFF; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

RUNOFF;

CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; EROSIVITY; EXTREME EVENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WEATHER STATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84858738813     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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