Erosivity, surface runoff, and soil erosion estimation using GIS-coupled runoff-erosion model in the Mamuaba catchment, Brazil

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 8977-8990

  Da Silva, Richarde Marques ^a   Santos, Celso Augusto Guimarães ^a   De Lima Silva, Valeriano Carneiro ^a   E Silva, Leonardo Pereira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Catchment treatment; Mamuaba catchment; Soil loss; Surface runoff

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; EROSION; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; RISK PERCEPTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SOIL EROSION RATE; SOIL LOSS; SURFACE RUNOFF GENERATION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTS;

RUNOFF;

RAIN; RUNOFF;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCVIEW; CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL EROSION;

ARCVIEW SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EROSIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND DRAINAGE; LAND USE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SOIL EROSION; VALIDATION STUDY;

BRAZIL; MAMUABA RIVER; PARAIBA;

EID: 84885463177     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3228-x     Document Type: Article

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