[1]YU Changhong,LI Jiuhao,CHEN Kai,et al.Effects of Rainfall Factors on Runoff and Sediment Generation in Laterite Area[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2015,22(01):17-20.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
22
Number of periods:
2015 01
Page number:
17-20
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Public date:
2015-02-28
- Title:
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Effects of Rainfall Factors on Runoff and Sediment Generation in Laterite Area
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YU Changhong, LI Jiuhao, CHEN Kai, JIANG Junhong, WEI Xinna
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College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Keywords:
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soil erosion; rainfall factors; runoff erosion power; grey correlation analysis; non-dimensionalization
- CLC:
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S157
- DOI:
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- Abstract:
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By applying three dimensionless grey correlation analysis methods, effects of 12 rainfall factors on runoff generation, and then together 3 more runoff factors on sediment generation were quantitatively investigated in laterite bare lands and eucalyptus forests. Results showed that with different non-dimensionalization methods, correlation ranks of these factors changed. Most combined factors rank prior to single factors. Compared with PI30 where P is rainfall amount and I30 is rainfall density in 30 min, PI5 is a proper indicator more suitable to represent rainfall-induced erosion in the laterite bare lands, and PI10 is another proper one in the case of laterite eucalyptus forests. Actually, in eucalyptus forests, prior to traditional rainfall factors, a combined factor representing runoff erosive power, denoted by Qm’ H, where Qm is the peak discharge and H is runoff depth, is more suitable in hill slope soil erosion models. This study is of significance to guide an establishment of grey correlation of erosive factors and a standard procedure for soil erosion research. It also provides the theoretic support for the development of soil erosion prediction models in laterite regions.