Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-1161-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-1161-2023
Research article
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15 Nov 2023
Research article |  | 15 Nov 2023

Effects of seasonal variations in vegetation and precipitation on catchment erosion rates along a climate and ecological gradient: insights from numerical modeling

Hemanti Sharma and Todd A. Ehlers

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Seasonality in precipitation (P) and vegetation (V) influences catchment erosion (E), although which factor plays the dominant role is unclear. In this study, we performed a sensitivity analysis of E to P–V seasonality through numerical modeling. Our results suggest that P variations strongly influence seasonal variations in E, while the effect of seasonal V variations is secondary but significant. This is more pronounced in moderate and least pronounced in extreme environmental settings.
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