Do atmospheric teleconnection patterns influence rainfall erosivity? A study of NAO, MO and WeMO in NE Spain, 1955-2006

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 450-451, Issue , 2012, Pages 168-179

  Angulo Martínez, Marta ^a   Beguería, Santiago ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebro; MO; NAO; Rainfall erosivity; RUSLE R factor; WeMO

Indexed keywords

EBRO; NAO; R FACTOR; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; WEMO;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; MOLYBDENUM; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WIND EFFECTS;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DIFFUSION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

SPAIN;

EID: 84862705081     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.063     Document Type: Article

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