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'''Climatic factor''' or C factor – WEQ characterizes climatic erosivity, specifically wind speed and surface soil moisture. The factor for any given locality is expressed as a percentage of the C factor for Garden City, Kansas, which has a value of 100.  

'''Climatic factor''' (abbreviated as ''C factor'' in the [[Wind erosion equation]]) characterizes - according to the [[USDA]] terminology -  ''"climatic [[erosivity]], specifically wind speed and surface soil moisture. The factor for any given locality is expressed as a percentage of the C factor for Garden City, Kansas, which has a value of 100."<ref>[http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/1997/summary_report/glossary.html List of USDA terminology] List of USDA terminology</ref>''

 

==References==  

==References==  

[http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/1997/summary_report/glossary.html List of USDA terminology] <br>{{USDA Terms}}

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