Projected changes in US rainfall erosivity

Biasutti, M.; Seager, R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2945-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2945-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2945-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 6

Research article

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26 Jun 2015

Research article |

| 26 Jun 2015

Projected changes in US rainfall erosivity

M. Biasutti and R. Seager

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RC C496: 'Review of Biasutti and Seager, "Projected changes in US erosivity"', Nir Krakauer, 09 Mar 2015
- AC C1465: 'response to review', Michela Biasutti, 13 May 2015
RC C1306: 'Review: minor revisions needed.', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 May 2015
- AC C1472: 'response to review', Michela Biasutti, 13 May 2015

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ED: Publish as is (19 May 2015) by Pierre Gentine

AR by Michela Biasutti on behalf of the Authors (20 May 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We estimate future changes in US erosivity from the most recent ensemble projections of daily and monthly rainfall accumulation. The expectation of overall increase in erosivity is confirmed by these calculations, but a quantitative assessment is marred by large uncertainties. Specifically, the uncertainty in the method of estimation of erosivity is more consequential than that deriving from the spread in climate simulations, and leads to changes of uncertain sign in parts of the south.