Title

TB22: Design, Construction and Calibration of a Laboratory Rainfall Simulator

Authors

Eliot Epstein
Walter J. Grant

Files

Description

The use of field plots under natural rainfall conditions to evaluate factors that cause or contribute to erosion requires a long period of study to cover a range of climatic variations. To shorten the time required for erosion studies, field plot and laboratory rainfall simulators have been developed. The rainfall simulator at the University of Maine was designed for the study of soil characteristics as related to soil erodibility, and for the determination of soil erodibility factor (K) as used in the universal soil loss prediction equation.

Document Type

Article

Rights and Access Note

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Volume

22

Publication Date

4-1-1966

Publisher

Maine Agricultural Experiment Station

City

Orono

Keywords

rainfall simulators

Disciplines

Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

Recommended Citation

Epstein, E., and W.J. Grant. 1966. Design, construction and calibration of a laboratory rainfall simulator. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 22.