<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The processing of ombrographic data from 29 meteorological stations of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI), according to the terms of the Universal Soil Loss Equation for calculating long term loss of soil through water erosion, erosion hazard rains and their occurrence have been selected, with their relative amount and erosiveness - R-Factors determined for each month and years. By comparing the value of the time division of the R-Factor in the area of the Czech Republic and in selected areas of the USA it has been demonstrated that this division may be applied in the conditions of the Czech Republic. For the Czech Republic it is recommended to use the average value R = 40 based on the original evaluation.</p></abstract>

The processing of ombrographic data from 29 meteorological stations of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI), according to the terms of the Universal Soil Loss Equation for calculating long term loss of soil through water erosion, erosion hazard rains and their occurrence have been selected, with their relative amount and erosiveness - R-Factors determined for each month and years. By comparing the value of the time division of the R-Factor in the area of the Czech Republic and in selected areas of the USA it has been demonstrated that this division may be applied in the conditions of the Czech Republic. For the Czech Republic it is recommended to use the average value R = 40 based on the original evaluation.

Values of rainfall erosivity factor for the Czech Republic

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Land Use and Improvement, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute Prague, Žabovřeská 250, 156 27 Prague 5-Zbraslav, Czech Republic

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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The processing of ombrographic data from 29 meteorological stations of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI), according to the terms of the Universal...

Values of rainfall erosivity factor for the Czech Republic

Published Online: Jun 01, 2013

Page range: 97 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2013-0013

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