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Past, present and future rainfall erosivity in central Europe based on convection-permitting climate simulations
Department of Fluvial Morphology, Sediment Dynamics and Management, Federal Institute of Hydrology, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
Michael Haller
Climate and Environment Consultancy, Deutscher Wetterdienst, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Christoph Brendel
Hydrometeorology, Deutscher Wetterdienst, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Gudrun Hillebrand
Department of Fluvial Morphology, Sediment Dynamics and Management, Federal Institute of Hydrology, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
Thomas Hoffmann
Department of Fluvial Morphology, Sediment Dynamics and Management, Federal Institute of Hydrology, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
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Short summary
We calculated past, present and future rainfall erosivity in central Europe from high-resolution precipitation data (3 km and 1 h) generated by the COSMO-CLM convection-permitting climate model. Future rainfall erosivity can be up to 84 % higher than it was in the past. Such increases are much higher than estimated previously from regional climate model output. Convection-permitting simulations have an enormous and, to date, unexploited potential for the calculation of future rainfall erosivity.
We calculated past, present and future rainfall erosivity in central Europe from high-resolution...
