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Rainfall erosivity estimation based on rainfall data collected over a range of temporal resolutions
State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
School of Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Y. Xie
State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
School of Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
B. Liu
State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
School of Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
M. A. Nearing
USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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