Soil erosion estimation based on rainfall disaggregation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 436-437, Issue , 2012, Pages 102-110

  Jebari, S ^a,b   Berndtsson, R ^b   Olsson, J ^c   Bahri, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cascade disaggregation model; Erosivity factor; Fractal; RUSLE GIS approach; Short time scale rainfall; Spatial erosion distribution

Indexed keywords

DISAGGREGATION; EROSIVITY FACTOR; RUSLE/GIS APPROACH; SHORT TIME SCALE; SPATIAL EROSION DISTRIBUTION;

EROSION; ESTIMATION; FRACTALS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS;

RAIN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EROSIVITY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GIS; RAINFALL; SOIL EROSION; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84859443030     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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