Spatial and temporal variation in two rainfall simulators: implications for spatially explicit rainfall simulation experiments

• Published in: Earth surface processes and landforms Vol. 25; no. 7; pp. 709 - 721
• Main Authors: Lascelles, Bruce, Favis-Mortlock, David T., Parsons, Anthony J., Guerra, Antonio J.T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.07.2000
• Subjects: erosion modelling; rainfall energy; rainfall simulation; soil erosion; spatial variability; temporal variability

Rainfall simulators are widely used yet there is little evidence in the literature to show that their spatial and temporal variability has been adequately taken into account. For experiments that are concerned only with some aggregate or mean effect of simulated rain then such variations may be unim...