NDLI: Determination of erosive events in the Chinese Loess Plateau using the runoff threshold

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Author	Zheng, Mingguo Cheng, Weiming
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Exclusion of non-erosive rainfalls is highly desirable in calculating the rainfall erosivity. It is common practice to use a rainfall threshold to separate erosive from non-erosive events. This study aims to determine erosive events in the Chinese Loess Plateau using the runoff threshold.The data used mainly include h (runoff depth; total runoff volume normalized to drainage area) and specific sediment yield (SSY) of 1475 storm events observed at three scales of hillslope, subwatershed, and watershed. The linear h-SSY relationships (SSY = bh + a) were established. The x-intercept term (−a/b) was interpreted to be the h threshold between erosive and non-erosive events. The t test was used to test whether the constant term a is statistically zero or not.The t tests demonstrated that the h-SSY relationship was proportional on upland slopes, but linear with a positive x-intercept in subwatersheds and watersheds. Accordingly, the h threshold of erosive events varied from zero on upland slopes, implying that any runoff event is erosive, to a positive value in subwatersheds and watersheds. The positive h threshold can be related to the preferential generation of runoff on the bedrock channel at the subwatershed scale and to the base flow at the watershed scale. Using the h threshold can remove approximately 85% of rainfall events from the calculation of rainfall erosivity.The h threshold not only is equally effective as the rainfall threshold in removing non-erosive events but also allows a more accurate estimation of rainfall erosivity.
Starting Page	1182
Ending Page	1190
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14390108
Journal	Journal of Soils and Sediments
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	16147480
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2016-11-17
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Erosion Loess Plateau Rainfall erosivity Threshold of erosive rainfalls Soil Science & Conservation Environment Environmental Physics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Stratigraphy Earth-Surface Processes

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