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E. Duulatov et al., Current and Future Trends of Rainfall Erosivity and Soil
Erosion in Central Asia, SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63509-1
A
Agriculture, 3
Areal Nonpoint Source Watershed
Environmental Resources
Simulation (ANSWERS), 6
Artificial irrigation, 14
C
Central Asia Temperature and Precipitation
(CATP), 18, 19, 25
Central Asian soils
artificial irrigation, 14
climatic conditions, 6, 9–13
dark-gray soils, 14
desert plains, 13, 14
desert soils, 14
desert zone, 14
latitudinal zoning, 13
mountains, altitude zones, 14
natural vegetation, deserts, 14
rocks, 13
soil map, 15
weathering processes, 13
weathering products, 13
Climate Change Agriculture and Food
Security portal (CCAFS), 18
Climate change-based soil erosivity
predictions, 45
Climate changes, 2, 3, 7, 36, 44, 45, 52, 57, 63
CMIP5, 3, 7
Conservation practice factor, 22, 24, 30
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase
3 (CMIP3), 17
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase
5 (CMIP5), 3, 7
Cover management, 23, 30
D
Delta method, 18
Desert plains, 13
Deserts, 12, 13
Digital Elevation Model (DEM), 21
E
Ecosystems, 48
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), 44
ENSO-induced precipitation, 44
Erosion, 1, 45, 65
Erosivity density, 24, 33, 34, 37, 49,
60–63, 65, 67
F
Fertile soils, 45
Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), 2
G
General circulation models
(GCMs), 3
Geographic information systems (GIS),
6, 7, 65
Global climate models
(GCMs), 3, 7, 18
Gray soils, 14
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