RAINFALL CHANGES AND RAINFALL EROSIVITY INCREASE IN THE ALGARVE (PORTUGAL)

Authors
LOUREIRO ND COUTINHO MD
Citation
Nd. Loureiro et Md. Coutinho, RAINFALL CHANGES AND RAINFALL EROSIVITY INCREASE IN THE ALGARVE (PORTUGAL), Catena, 24(1), 1995, pp. 55-67
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary","Water Resources
Journal title
Catena → ACNP
ISSN journal
03418162
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
55 - 67
Database
ISI
SICI code
0341-8162(1995)24:1<55:RCAREI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
There is evidence that, between hydrological years 1931/2 and 1990/1, rainfall changed in the Algarve. There was an annual rainfall increase (+9%) and a 7% increase in rainfall during the rainy period (October to February). Both trends were statistically confirmed by parametric a nd nonparametric procedures. Rainfall erosivity and land degradation a re related to rainfall regime. The Algarve's rainfall erosivity increa se (+17%) was more pronounced than annual and seasonal rainfall change s.