Precipitation and Erosivity in Southern Portugal: Seasonal Variability and Trends (1950-2008)

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 211-222

  Nunes, Adélia N ^a   Lourenço, Luciano ^a   Vieira, António ^b   Bento Gonçalves, António ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Precipitation concentration; Precipitation erosivity; Precipitation trends; Seasonal variability; Southern Portugal

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GAGES; RAIN; RAIN GAGES;

CONCENTRATION INDICES; CONCENTRATION TRENDS; EROSIVITY; PORTUGAL; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EID: 84957658362     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2265     Document Type: Article

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