WEPP calibration for improved predictions of interrill erosion in semi-arid to arid environments

Geoderma

Volumn 204-205, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-83

  Mahmoodabadi, Majid ^a   Cerdà, Artemi ^b  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calibration; Interrill erosion; Rainfall simulation; Validation; WEPP

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; COEFFICIENT OF EFFICIENCIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTER-RILL EROSIONS; INTERRILL EROSION RATE; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; VALIDATION; WEPP;

ARID REGIONS; CALIBRATION; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SOILS;

EROSION;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATIC REGION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 84877909485     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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