Monthly Rainfall Erosivity: Conversion Factors for Different Time Resolutions and Regional Assessments
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials: Rainfall Erosivity Database at European Scale (REDES) and 2015 Updates
3. Methods
3.1. Monthly R-factor Calculation
3.2. Calibration of Monthly R-factors Calculated from Different Temporal Resolution Rainfall Data
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- The R-factor was calculated at the highest available resolution (i.e., <30 min) for a number of stations (86 stations well distributed across Europe).
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- Data have been aggregated to coarser resolution(s) and the R-factor was calculated at the coarser resolution for the same stations.
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- A calibration function, derived from regression analysis, has been developed based on the R-factor results at the highest possible resolution and the coarser resolution(s).
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Regression Curve for Annual R-factor Value
4.2. Monthly Calibration Factors for Different Temporal Resolution
4.3. Seasonal and Monthly Rainfall Erosivity
4.4. Monthly Rainfall Erosivity Density
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Panagos, P.; Borrelli, P.; Spinoni, J.; Ballabio, C.; Meusburger, K.; Beguería, S.; Klik, A.; Michaelides, S.; Petan, S.; Hrabalíková, M.; et al. Monthly Rainfall Erosivity: Conversion Factors for Different Time Resolutions and Regional Assessments. Water 2016, 8, 119. https://doi.org/10.3390/w8040119
Panagos P, Borrelli P, Spinoni J, Ballabio C, Meusburger K, Beguería S, Klik A, Michaelides S, Petan S, Hrabalíková M, et al. Monthly Rainfall Erosivity: Conversion Factors for Different Time Resolutions and Regional Assessments. Water. 2016; 8(4):119. https://doi.org/10.3390/w8040119
Chicago/Turabian StylePanagos, Panos, Pasquale Borrelli, Jonathan Spinoni, Cristiano Ballabio, Katrin Meusburger, Santiago Beguería, Andreas Klik, Silas Michaelides, Sašo Petan, Michaela Hrabalíková, and et al. 2016. "Monthly Rainfall Erosivity: Conversion Factors for Different Time Resolutions and Regional Assessments" Water 8, no. 4: 119. https://doi.org/10.3390/w8040119