splash detachment and transport of soil particles by raindrops are the initiating mechanisms of soil erosion by water. the size distribution of splashed particles is very important and effective in the rate of other erosion processes. however, this important issue has been less considered. therefore, the present study investigated individual and interaction effects of slope, rainfall intensity ...

there is a need to analyze and map rainfall erosivity to assess soil erosion at the regional scale. the objectives of this study were to develop a regional model to estimate seasonal erosivity from seasonal rainfall data and to study temporal and spatial distribution of rainfall erosivity for the gorganrood drainage basin in the northeast of iran. six gauging stations with a high temporal resol...

we estimated the rainfall interception loss (i), canopy storage capacity (s), the ratio of mean evaporation rate from the wet canopy () over the mean rainfall intensity () (mm h-1) (), and free throughfall coefficient (p) in a fraxinus rotundifolia mill. stand located in an afforested park land in a semiarid region of iran. for each storm event, i was calculated as the gross rainfall (gr) minus...

this study tries to investigate relationship between rainfall parameters and usle r factor. to gain r-factor, at first, shower kinetic energy was calculated and then its erosivity computed by using maximum 30 minutes rainfall intensity. therefore 3 meteorological stations in khuzestan province and one station per kohgiloyeh & boyerahmad and boushehr provinces were selected and their recorde...

a knowledge of rainfall distribution over a finite area is needed for small bydraulic structures design. hydrologists have always been concerned about depth- area- duration (dad) for a specific storm in a watershed. an intense storm occurred on june 6, 1992 which claimed some lives in parts of mashhad, khorasan province, iran. data of rainfall depth at 29 raingauge stations around the city and ...

accelerated soil erosion is an undesirable process that adversely affects water and soil resources. rainfall erosivity is an important factor in water erosion models. accordingly, the present study was conducted to estimate the rainfall erosivity throughout iran based on the latest available detailed rainfall data while considering its temporal and spatial variations. to accomplish this, th...

Papers published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions are under open-access review for the journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Abstract The Mediterranean environment is characterized by strong temporal variations in rainfall volume and intensity, soil moisture and vegetation cover along the year. These factors play a key role on soil erosion. The aim of this work is to ide...