Rainfall simulation experiments in the southwestern USA using the Walnut Gulch Rainfall Simulator

Polyakov, Viktor; Stone, Jeffry; Holifield Collins, Chandra; Nearing, Mark A.; Paige, Ginger; Buono, Jared; Gomez-Pond, Rae-Landa

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-19-2018

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-19-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-19-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

09 Jan 2018

| 09 Jan 2018

Rainfall simulation experiments in the southwestern USA using the Walnut Gulch Rainfall Simulator

Viktor Polyakov, Jeffry Stone, Chandra Holifield Collins, Mark A. Nearing, Ginger Paige, Jared Buono, and Rae-Landa Gomez-Pond

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RC1: 'Minor revisions', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Sep 2017
RC2: 'Reviewer comment on Polyakov et al. (rainfall simulations in the southwestern USA)', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Sep 2017
RC3: 'Review of Rainfall simulation experiments in the Southwestern USA using the Walnut Gulch Rainfall Simulator', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Sep 2017
AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referees #1, 2, and 3', Viktor Polyakov, 26 Oct 2017

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This paper presents the results of 272 rainfall simulation experiments conducted at 23 semiarid locations in Arizona and Nevada over a 10-year period. The scope of this data set combined with state of the art rainfall simulation equipment makes it particularly valuable to advance our understanding of basic hydrological and biological processes that drive soil erosion on arid rangelands.