Abstract
Adequate information on the seasonal distribution of rainfall erosivity required to predict rainfall erosion losses was not available previously for peninsular Florida. In this area, the oceanic and continental climatic influence causes significant seasonal and year-to-year differences in precipitation amount and distribution. Thunderstorms may occur at any time of the year, resulting in high rainfall energy and potentially producing considerable soil detachment by raindrop impact in the absence of adequate plant cover. Daily precipitation data from selected locations in Florida were analyzed to determine seasonal variation in the rainfall erosion index (EI). Long-term seasonal rainfall EI distributions were used to delineate EI-distribution regions, thereby extending applicability of the Universal Soil Loss Equation for erosion modeling in peninsular Florida. Design values for annual total and maximum 1-day EI, and a revised map of average annual rainfall erosivity are presented, also.
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