A classification of water erosion models according to their geospatial characteristics

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 229-250

  Karydas, Christos G ^a   Panagos, Panos ^b   Gitas, Ioannis Z ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

classification; digital earth; erosion; geospatial; model

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLASSIFICATION CRITERION; DIGITAL EARTH; EVENT-BASED MODEL; GEO-SPATIAL; HIERARCHY THEORY; IMPROVING PERFORMANCE; LANDSCAPE SCALE; MECHANISTIC PATHWAYS;

EROSION;

CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EROSION RATE; GIS; INVENTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER EROSION; WATERSHED;

EID: 84893545471     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2012.671380     Document Type: Article

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