Assessment of soil erosion susceptibility using empirical modeling

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 98-109

  Guo, Jianping ^a   Niu, Tao ^a   Rahimy, Pooyan ^b   Wang, Fu ^c   Zhao, Haiying ^d   Zhang, Jiahua ^e  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d Shanxi Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^e CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

Author keywords

Erosion; Geomorphology; RUSLE; Soil; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND DEGRADATION; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL EROSION;

ITALY;

EID: 84873420732     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: 21914788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-013-0110-2     Document Type: Article

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