Effects of rainfall intensity, underlying surface and slope gradient on soil infiltration under simulated rainfall experiments

Catena

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-102

  Huang, Jun ^a,b,c   Wu, Pute ^a,b,c   Zhao, Xining ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Engineering Research Center for Water Saving Irrigation at Yangling   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Recharge coefficient; Simulated rain; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION COVER; WATER STORAGE; WETTING FRONT;

LOLIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84873153650     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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