Soil erosion in Austria - from mean to extreme

The objectives of this project are 1) to determine the main erosion driving rainfall characteristics and their seasonal varia-bility, 2) to determine occurrence probability of extreme erosion events; and 3) to link precipitation, modeled erosion and damage reports with each other to allow better warnings. Field measurements of rainfall kinetic energy will be combined with soil erosion modelling for agriculturally used areas in Austria to derive range and frequency of erosion inducing rain-fall events and related soil losses. Obtained results will be validated by using damage reports of fire brigade interventions.