期刊
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
卷 300, 期 1-4, 页码 20-32出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.04.027
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drop size distribution; disdrometer; rainfall intensity; kinetic energy; soil erosion
In the study of soil erosion, specifically on detachment of soil particles by raindrop impact, kinetic energy is a commonly suggested indicator of the raindrop's ability to detach soil particles from the soil mass. Since direct measurement of kinetic energy requires sophisticated and costly instruments, the alternative approach is to estimate it from rainfall intensity. The present study aims at establishing a relationship between rainfall intensity and kinetic energy for rainfalls in Central Cebu, Philippines as a preface of a wider regional investigation. Drop size distributions of rainfalls were measured using the disdrometer RD-80. There are two forms of kinetic energy considered here. One is kinetic energy per unit area per unit time (KER, J m(-2) h(-1)) and the other is kinetic energy per unit area per unit depth (KE, J m(-2) mm(-1)). Relationships between kinetic energy per unit area per unit time (KER) and rainfall intensity (I) were obtained using linear and power relations. The exponential model and the logarithmic model were fitted to the KE-I data to obtain corresponding relationships between kinetic energy per unit area per unit depth of rainfall (KE) and rainfall intensity (I). The equation obtained from the exponential model produced smaller standard error of estimates than the logarithmic model. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All fights reserved.
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