Articles | Volume 8, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2893-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2893-2015
Development and technical paper
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15 Sep 2015
Development and technical paper |  | 15 Sep 2015

Improving the global applicability of the RUSLE model – adjustment of the topographical and rainfall erosivity factors

V. Naipal, C. Reick, J. Pongratz, and K. Van Oost

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We adjusted the topographical and rainfall erosivity factors that are the triggers of erosion in the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model to make the model better applicable at coarse resolution on a global scale. The adjusted RUSLE model compares much better to current high resolution estimates of soil erosion in the USA and Europe. It therefore provides a basis for estimating past and future global impacts of soil erosion on climate with the use of Earth system models.