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Research article
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17 Nov 2020
Research article |
| 17 Nov 2020
| 17 Nov 2020
Estimation of rainfall erosivity based on WRF-derived raindrop size distributions
Qiang Dai
Key Laboratory of VGE of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Normal
University, Nanjing, China
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Jingxuan Zhu
Key Laboratory of VGE of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Normal
University, Nanjing, China
Shuliang Zhang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of VGE of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Normal
University, Nanjing, China
Shaonan Zhu
College of Geographical and Biological Information, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
Dawei Han
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Guonian Lv
Key Laboratory of VGE of Ministry of Education, Nanjing Normal
University, Nanjing, China
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Short summary
Rainfall is a driving force that accounts for a large proportion of soil loss around the world. Most previous studies used a fixed rainfall–energy relationship to estimate rainfall energy, ignoring the spatial and temporal changes of raindrop microphysical processes. This study proposes a novel method for large-scale and long-term rainfall energy and rainfall erosivity investigations based on rainfall microphysical parameterization schemes in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model.
Rainfall is a driving force that accounts for a large proportion of soil loss around the world....
