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  • Daily rainfall series and rainfall erosivity in Mexico for three climatic normals (1968-1997, 1978-2007, and 1988-2017)
  • Varón-Ramírez, Viviana Marcela; PhD Student (Candidate); National Autonomous University of Mexico
    Gómez-Latorre, Douglas Andrés; Master Research; Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria AGROSAVIA
    Arroyo-Cruz, Carlos Eduardo; PhD Student (Candidate); National Autonomous University of Mexico
    Guevara Santamaría, Mario Antonio; Senior Researcher A; National Autonomous University of Mexico
    Prado Pano, Blanca; Investigador Titular; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • 2024-09-14
  • Varón-Ramírez, V.M., D.A. Gómez-Latorre, C.E. Arroyo-Cruz, M.A. Guevara Santamaría, and B. Prado Pano. 2024. Daily rainfall series and rainfall erosivity in Mexico for three climatic normals (1968-1997, 1978-2007, and 1988-2017) ver 2. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-28).

  • As in many countries around the world, there are some issues in the Mexican rainfall series, such as missing values, short measurement periods, and series homogeneity (breaks due to station relocation and measurement mistakes), which further compound the challenge of using climate data. Furthermore, it is necessary to develop a complete and helpful rainfall series database by following an imputing and homogenization process of the rainfall series. This research has compiled and systematized a national dataset with daily rainfall and rainfall erosivity for three climatic normals CN (1968-1997, 1978-2007, and 1988-2017). We have used the "climate" package to fill the data. After, we calculated daily rainfall erosivity using a power law model. As a result, we obtained 1370, 1679, and 1683 rainfall series for the CNs 1968-1997, 1978-2007, and 1988-2017, respectively. The mean values of the rainfall erosivity for the three CNs were 3600 (SD 3748), 3296 (SD 3500), and 3461 (SD 3382) MJ mm/ ha h yr, respectively. We are making this database available for public consultation for researchers and students, technical assistants, decision-makers, and others interested in environmental studies in Mexico.

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