Erosion rate predictions from PESERA and RUSLE at a Mediterranean site before and after a wildfire: Comparison & implications

Geoderma

Volumn 261, Issue , 2016, Pages 44-58

  Karamesouti, Mina ^a   Petropoulos, George P ^a,b   Papanikolaou, Ioannis D ^a   Kairis, Orestis ^a   Kosmas, Konstantinos ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greece; Landsat; PESERA; Remote sensing; RUSLE; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EROSION; FORECASTING; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS;

GREECE; LANDSAT; PESERA; RUSLE; SOIL EROSION;

FIRES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EOS; ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WILDFIRE;

GREECE;

EID: 84937458812     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.06.025     Document Type: Article

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