Rainfall erosivity mapping for Santiago Island, Cape Verde

Geoderma

Volumn 217-218, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-82

  Sanchez Moreno, Juan Francisco ^a   Mannaerts, Chris M ^a   Jetten, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cape Verde; Disdrometer; Fournier index; Kriging; Rainfall erosivity

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; SOILS; STORMS;

CAPE VERDE; DISDROMETERS; FOURNIER INDEX; KRIGING; RAINFALL EROSIVITY;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EROSION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; ISLAND; KINETIC ENERGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL;

AFRICA; CAPE VERDE; NEW ZEALAND; SAO TIAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; WEST COAST [SOUTH ISLAND];

EID: 84889569570     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.10.026     Document Type: Article

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