Spatial and temporal variations in rainfall erosivity during 1960-2005 in the Yangtze River basin

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 337-351

  Huang, Jin ^a   Zhang, Jinchi ^b   Zhang, Zengxin ^b   Xu, Chong Yu ^c,d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Changes; China; Rainfall erosivity; Trends; Yangtze River basin

Indexed keywords

EROSION; RIVERS; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CHANGES; CHINA; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; TRENDS; YANGTZE RIVER BASIN;

RAIN;

EROSIVITY; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84872486698     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-012-0607-8     Document Type: Article

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