How is initial soil erosion affected by rainfall intensity and kinetic energy?

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F17%3A00319493" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/17:00319493 - isvavai.cz</a>

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

How is initial soil erosion affected by rainfall intensity and kinetic energy?

Original language description

Rainfall simulation with small scale simulators is a method used worldwide to assess the generation of overland flow and initial soil erosion. For a thorough interpretation of the obtained experimental data, it is necessary to know detailed information of the rainfall characteristics. This study presents the effect of different rainfall intensities and kinetic energies on initial soil erosion rates under controlled experimental conditions. For this research the small portable rainfall simulator of Trier University was used. The experimental plot is 0.28 m 2 and the height of the nozzle is 2 m above ground. We applied a wide range of rainfall intensities (20, 40, 60 and 80 mm h-1) and kinetic energies (0.4 – 9 J m 2 mm - 1 ) . For this purpose, a set of various nozzles were tested under laboratory conditions. First, the spatial distribution of the artificial rainfall on the plot surface was measured to ensure the reproducibility of the experiments with constant rainfall intensity. Second, the drop size distribution was tested to control and adjust its similarity to the one measured in natural events. With the selected nozzles and rainfall intensities, 54 rainfall simulations were performed on prepared surface at the experimental site of Trier University. With the measured values a 3D matrix of rainfall intensity, kinetic energy and soil loss were calculated. This method allows an accurate estimation of soil erodibility for a wide range of rainfall characteristics. The presentation was funded by Ministry of agriculture of the Czech Republic (research project QJ1520265).

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10501 - Hydrology

Project

<a href="/en/project/QJ1520265" target="_blank" >QJ1520265: Variability of Short-term Precipitation and Runoff in Small Catchments and its Influence on Water Resources Management</a><br>

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P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů