Table 2.
Overview of the high resolution rainfall data used to estimate global rainfall erosivity. In addition, erosivity information of 85 stations from 13 countries found in the literature24, 43–56 was included in the global map (not shown in the table).
| Country | No. of Stations | (Main) Period Covered | Years per station (average) | (Main) Temporal resolution of rainfall data | Source of high temporal resolution rainfall data | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT | Austria | 84 | 1995–2010 | 21 | 27 stations: 10Min; 57 stations: 15Min | Hydrographic offices of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria, Salzburg, Carinthia, Vorarlberg and Tyrol. |
| AU | Australia | 167 | 1961–2000 | 40 | 6 Min | Bureau of Meteorology in Australia; Yu et al.37 |
| BE | Belgium - Flanders | 20 | 2004–2013 | 10 | 30 Min | Flemish Environmental Agency (VMM), |
| BE | Belgium - Wallonia | 29 | 2004–2013 | 10 | 60 Min | Service Public de Wallonie |
| BG | Bulgaria | 84 | 1951–1976 | 26 | 30 Min | Rousseva et al.57 |
| BR | Brazil | 87 | 1986–2008 | 19 | 49 stations: 5 Min; 38 stations: 10 Min | Oliveira et al.22 and updated in 05/2016 |
| CH | Switzerland | 71 | 1988–2010 | 22 | 10 Min | MeteoSwiss |
| CL | Chile | 18 | 1976–1995 | 17 | 15 Min | General Directorate of Water Resources (DGA), Government of Chile |
| CN | China | 387 | 1998–2012 | 14 | 60 Min | National Meteorological Information Center of the China Meteorological Administration |
| CO | Colombia | 6 | 1987–1996 | 10 | 5 Min | Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café - Cenicafé |
| CR | Costa Rica | 5 | 2011–2015 | 6 | 30 Min | University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica |
| CY | Cyprus | 35 | 1974–2013 | 39 | 30 Min | Cyprus Department of Meteorology |
| CZ | Czech Republic | 32 | 1961–1999 | 35 | 30 Min | Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation (Czech Republic) |
| DE | Germany | 148 | 1996–2013 | 18 | 60 Min | Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) |
| DK | Denmark | 30 | 1988–2012 | 15 | 60 Min | Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), Aarhus University |
| DZ | Algeria | 120 | 1977–2004 | 24 | 15 Min | National Agency of Hydraulic Resources, Algeria |
| EE | Estonia | 21 | 2007–2013 | 7 | 60 Min | Estonian Environment Agency |
| ES | Spain | 146 | 2002–2013 | 12 | 24 stations: 10 Min; 104 stations: 15 Min; 18 stations 30 MIN | Regional water agencies |
| FI | Finland | 64 | 2007–2013 | 7 | 60 Min | Finnish Climate Service Centre (FMI) |
| FR | France | 81 | 2004–2013 | 10 | 60 Min | Météo-France DP/SERV/FDP |
| GR | Greece | 80 | 1974–1997 | 30 | 30 Min | Hydroskopio |
| HR | Croatia | 42 | 1961–2012 | 40 | 10 Min | Croatian Meteo & Hydrological Service |
| HU | Hungary | 30 | 1998–2013 | 16 | 10 Min | Hungarian Meteorological Service |
| IE | Ireland | 13 | 1950–2010 | 56 | 60 Min | Met Éireann – The Irish National Meteorological Service |
| IL | Israel | 61 | 1998–2015 | 17 | 30 Min | Israel Meteorological Service |
| IN | India | 247 | 2007–2015 | 7 | 60 Min | India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences |
| IR | Iran | 70 | 1984–2004 | 21 | 10 Min | Iranian Meteorological Organization |
| IT | Italy | 251 | 2002–2011 | 10 | 30 Min | Regional meteorological services, Regional agencies for environmental protection (ARPA) |
| JM | Jamaica | 9 | 2003–2014 | 12 | 2 Min | Meteorological service Jamaica |
| JP | Japan | 55 | 2006–2015 | 10 | 60 Min | Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) |
| KR | South Korea | 75 | 1998–2015 | 18 | 10 Min | Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) |
| KW | Kuwait | 15 | 2007–2015 | 9 | 60 Min | Department of Meteorology, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, State of Kuwait |
| LT | Lithuania | 3 | 1992–2007 | 16 | 30 Min | Lithuanian Agriculture and Forestry Research Centre |
| LU | Luxembourg | 16 | 2000–2013 | 11 | 60 Min | Agrarmeteorologisches Messnetz |
| LV | Latvia | 4 | 2007–2013 | 7 | 60 Min | Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre |
| MU | Mauritius | 5 | 2005–2008 | 5 | 6 Min | Mauritius Meteorological Services (MMS) |
| MX | Mexico | 15 | 2006–2014 | 9 | 60 Min | CONAGUA, Comisión Nacional Del Agua, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Mexico. |
| MY | Malaysia | 2 | 1981–1998 | 18 | 10 Min | Yu et al.40 |
| NL | Netherlands | 32 | 1981–2010 | 24 | 60 Min | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute |
| NZ | New Zealand | 35 | 2000–2012 | 12 | 10 Min | New Zealand Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) |
| PL | Poland | 13 | 1961–1988 | 27 | 30 Min | Warsaw University of Life Sciences |
| PT | Portugal | 41 | 2001–2012 | 11 | 60 Min | Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente |
| RO | Romania | 60 | 2006–2013 | 8 | 10 Min | Meteorological Administration |
| RU | Russian Federation | 218 | 1961–1983 | 23 | 30 Min | Lomonosov Moscow State University |
| SE | Sweden | 73 | 1996–2013 | 18 | 60 Min | Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) |
| SI | Slovenia | 31 | 1999–2008 | 10 | 5 Min | Slovenian Environment Agency |
| SK | Slovakia | 103 | 1971–1990 | 20 | 60 Min | Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Climatological service |
| SR | Suriname | 11 | 1987–2010 | 25 | 60 Min | Meteorological organization of Suriname |
| TR | Turkey | 160 | 2005–2014 | 10 | 1 Min | Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs General Directorate of Combating Desertification and Erosion |
| UK | United Kingdom | 38 | 1993–2012 | 20 | 60 Min | NERC & UK Environ. Change Network(ECN), British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) |
| US | United States of America | 92 | 2006–2016 | 11 | 5 Min | U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN), NOAA; Diamond et al.58 |
| ZA | South Africa | 5 | 2001–2005 | 5 | 5 Min | Nel and Summer41 |
| Total | 3,540 | |||||