Rainfall erosivity index for the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission site

Rainfall erosivity is the potential ability for rainfall to cause soil loss. The purpose of this study was to estimate the rainfall erosivity index for the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission site in order to compute the surface erosion rate. Monthly rainfall data, for the period 2003–2012 were used to c...

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Autores principales: Essel, Paul, Glover, Eric T., Yeboah, Serwaa, Adjei-Kyereme, Yaw, Yawo, Israel Nutifafa Doyi, Nyarku, Mawutoli, Asumadu-Sakyi, Godfred S., Gbeddy, Gustav Kudjoe, Agyiri, Yvette Agyiriba, Ameho, Evans Mawuli, Aberikae, Emmanuel Atule
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4833768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27119069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2100-1
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author Essel, Paul
Glover, Eric T.
Yeboah, Serwaa
Adjei-Kyereme, Yaw
Yawo, Israel Nutifafa Doyi
Nyarku, Mawutoli
Asumadu-Sakyi, Godfred S.
Gbeddy, Gustav Kudjoe
Agyiri, Yvette Agyiriba
Ameho, Evans Mawuli
Aberikae, Emmanuel Atule
author_facet Essel, Paul
Glover, Eric T.
Yeboah, Serwaa
Adjei-Kyereme, Yaw
Yawo, Israel Nutifafa Doyi
Nyarku, Mawutoli
Asumadu-Sakyi, Godfred S.
Gbeddy, Gustav Kudjoe
Agyiri, Yvette Agyiriba
Ameho, Evans Mawuli
Aberikae, Emmanuel Atule
author_sort Essel, Paul
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description Rainfall erosivity is the potential ability for rainfall to cause soil loss. The purpose of this study was to estimate the rainfall erosivity index for the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission site in order to compute the surface erosion rate. Monthly rainfall data, for the period 2003–2012 were used to compute annual rainfall erosivity indices for the site, using the Modified Fournier index. Values of the annual rainfall erosivity indices ranged from 73.5 mm for 2004 to 200.4 mm for the year 2003 with a mean annual erosivity index of 129.8 mm for the period. The Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation was used to establish the relationship between annual rainfall and annual rainfall erosivity. This showed a high degree of positive relationship (r = 0.7) for the study area. The computed mean annual erosivity index revealed that the site is in the high erosion risk zone. Therefore, it is necessary to develop soil protection and management strategies to protect the soil from erosion.
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spelling pubmed-48337682016-04-26 Rainfall erosivity index for the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission site Essel, Paul Glover, Eric T. Yeboah, Serwaa Adjei-Kyereme, Yaw Yawo, Israel Nutifafa Doyi Nyarku, Mawutoli Asumadu-Sakyi, Godfred S. Gbeddy, Gustav Kudjoe Agyiri, Yvette Agyiriba Ameho, Evans Mawuli Aberikae, Emmanuel Atule Springerplus Research Rainfall erosivity is the potential ability for rainfall to cause soil loss. The purpose of this study was to estimate the rainfall erosivity index for the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission site in order to compute the surface erosion rate. Monthly rainfall data, for the period 2003–2012 were used to compute annual rainfall erosivity indices for the site, using the Modified Fournier index. Values of the annual rainfall erosivity indices ranged from 73.5 mm for 2004 to 200.4 mm for the year 2003 with a mean annual erosivity index of 129.8 mm for the period. The Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation was used to establish the relationship between annual rainfall and annual rainfall erosivity. This showed a high degree of positive relationship (r = 0.7) for the study area. The computed mean annual erosivity index revealed that the site is in the high erosion risk zone. Therefore, it is necessary to develop soil protection and management strategies to protect the soil from erosion. Springer International Publishing 2016-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4833768/ /pubmed/27119069 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2100-1 Text en © Essel et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Essel, Paul
Glover, Eric T.
Yeboah, Serwaa
Adjei-Kyereme, Yaw
Yawo, Israel Nutifafa Doyi
Nyarku, Mawutoli
Asumadu-Sakyi, Godfred S.
Gbeddy, Gustav Kudjoe
Agyiri, Yvette Agyiriba
Ameho, Evans Mawuli
Aberikae, Emmanuel Atule
Rainfall erosivity index for the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission site
title Rainfall erosivity index for the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission site
title_full Rainfall erosivity index for the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission site
title_fullStr Rainfall erosivity index for the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission site
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title_short Rainfall erosivity index for the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission site
title_sort rainfall erosivity index for the ghana atomic energy commission site
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4833768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27119069
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2100-1
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