A comparative analysis of runoff and soil loss characteristics between "extreme precipitation year" and "normal precipitation year" at the plot scale: A case study in the Loess Plateau in China

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3343-3366

  Feng, Qiang ^a,b,c   Guo, Xudong ^a   Zhao, Wenwu ^a,c   Qiu, Yang ^c   Zhang, Xiao ^a,c  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^b SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Extreme rainfall; Nutrient loss; Rainfall characteristics; Runoff; Soil loss

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LAND USE; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

ANTECEDENT SOIL MOISTURE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME RAINFALL; NUTRIENT LOSS; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL LOSS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; NUTRIENT LOSS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANSAI; CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84940398879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7073343     Document Type: Article

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