GloRESatE – Global Rainfall Erosivity from Reanalysis and Satellite Estimates

Rainfall erosivity measures the impact of rainfall kinetic energy and intensity or its potential to cause soil erosion. The sparsely available gauge rainfall dataset limits reliable rainfall erosivity assessment globally. GloRESatE is a state-of-the-art global rainfall erosivity dataset with a high spatial resolution of 0.1° × 0.1°. It integrates satellite data (CMORPH, IMERG Final Run), reanalysis data (ERA5-Land), and observations from 6,170 gauge stations worldwide. Created using advanced Gaussian Process Regression, this dataset provides accurate and reliable rainfall erosivity information. It serves as a vital resource for hydrological research, aiding studies in soil erosion, water resource management, and climate change impact assessments on a global scale.

Das, S., Jain, M.K., Gupta, V., McGehee, R.P., Yin, S., de Mello, C.R., Azari, M., Borrelli, P. and Panagos, P., 2024. GloRESatE: A dataset for global rainfall erosivity derived from multi-source data. Scientific Data, 11:926. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03756-5