Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art

M Vanmaercke, P Panagos, T Vanwalleghem… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil erosion is generally recognized as the dominant process of land degradation. The
formation and expansion of gullies is often a highly significant process of soil erosion …

How accurately can satellite products (TMPA and IMERG) detect precipitation patterns, extremities, and drought across the Nepalese Himalaya?

S Sharma, N Khadka, K Hamal… - Earth and Space …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study aims to assess the accuracy of two satellite‐based precipitation products
(SBPPs), that is, Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM)‐based Multi‐satellite …

[HTML][HTML] A susceptibility-based rainfall threshold approach for landslide occurrence

E Monsieurs, O Dewitte… - Natural Hazards and …, 2019 - nhess.copernicus.org
Rainfall threshold determination is a pressing issue in the landslide scientific community.
While major improvements have been made towards more reproducible techniques for the …

Evaluation of MERRA-2 precipitation products using gauge observation in Nepal

K Hamal, S Sharma, N Khadka, B Baniya, M Ali… - Hydrology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Precipitation is the most important variable in the climate system and the dominant driver of
land surface hydrologic conditions. Rain gauge measurement provides precipitation …

Evaluation of remotely sensed rainfall products over Central Africa

P Camberlin, G Barraud, S Bigot… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
An intercomparison of seven gridded rainfall products incorporating satellite data (ARC,
CHIRPS, CMORPH, PERSIANN, TAPEER, TARCAT, TMPA) is carried out over Central …

[HTML][HTML] A process-based validation of GPM IMERG and its sources using a mesoscale rain gauge network in the West African forest zone

M Maranan, AH Fink, P Knippertz… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
A Process-Based Validation of GPM IMERG and Its Sources Using a Mesoscale Rain Gauge
Network in the West African Forest Zone in: Journal of Hydrometeorology Volume 21 Issue 4 …

A convection-permitting model for the Lake Victoria Basin: evaluation and insight into the mesoscale versus synoptic atmospheric dynamics

J Van de Walle, W Thiery, O Brousse, N Souverijns… - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
Aiming for an improved understanding of the different factors that determine the regional
climate of the Lake Victoria Basin, the COSMO-CLM regional climate model is set up in a …

Validation of satellite rainfall estimates over equatorial East Africa

S Ageet, AH Fink, M Maranan, JE Diem… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Rain gauge data sparsity over Africa is known to impede the assessments of
hydrometeorological risks and of the skill of numerical weather prediction models. Satellite …

Assessing the feasibility of satellite‐based thresholds for hydrologically driven landsliding

MA Thomas, BD Collins… - Water Resources Research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated soil moisture and heavy precipitation contribute to landslides worldwide. These
environmental variables are now being resolved with satellites at spatiotemporal scales that …

Skill of global raw and postprocessed ensemble predictions of rainfall in the tropics

P Vogel, P Knippertz, AH Fink… - Weather and …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Precipitation forecasts are of large societal value in the tropics. Here, we compare 1–5-day
ensemble predictions from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts …