Precipitation intensity is commonly used as an input parameter to
precipitation related erosivity in erosion modeling (Morgan, 2009);
however, such a generalized approach may produce unrealistic results
in varied climatic settings. Detailed studies using local precipitation
characteristics may produce better soil loss estimates. This study
shows that not precipitation intensity, but total accumulation, duration,
and antecedent and synoptic precipitation patterns are drivers for soil
erosion in Ultisols in the southeastern USA