Rainfall erosivity (R-factor) is among the 6 input factors in estimating soil erosion risk by using the empirical Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE). R-factor is a driving force for soil erosion modelling and potentially can be used in flood risk assessments, landslides susceptibility, post-fire damage assessment, application of agricultural management practices and climate change modelling. The rainfall erosivity is extremely difficult to model at large scale (national, European) due to lack of high temporal resolution precipitation data which cover long-time series. In most cases, R-factor is estimated based on empirical equations which take into account precipitation volume.
PANAGOS Panagiotis;
BALLABIO Cristiano;
BORRELLI Pasquale;
MEUSBURGER Katrin;
ALEWELL Christine;
2015-04-27
Copernicus
JRC95177
1607-7962,
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-14900.pdf,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC95177,
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