European small portable rainfall simulators: A comparison of rainfall characteristics

Catena

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 100-112

  Iserloh, T ^a   Ries, J B ^a   Arnaez J ^b   Boix Fayos, C ^c   Butzen, V ^a   Cerda A ^d   Echeverria M T ^e   Fernandez Galvez J ^f   Fister, W ^g   Geissler C ^h   Gomez J A ⁱ   Gomez Macpherson H ⁱ   Kuhn, N J ^g   Lazaro R ^j   Leon F J ^e   Martinez Mena M ^c   Martinez Murillo J F ^k   Marzen, M ^a   Mingorance, M D ^f   Ortigosa, L ^b   Peters, P ^l   Regues D ^m   Ruiz Sinoga, J D ^k   Scholten, T ^h   Seeger, M ^a,l   Sole Benet A ^j   Wengel, R ^a   Wirtz, S ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^j DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^l WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

Drop size; Drop velocity; Kinetic energy; Rainfall simulator comparison; Spatial rainfall distribution; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; KINETIC ENERGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER EROSION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880847478     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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