Fig. 4: Influence of precipitation characteristics on the Areal Mean Storm Erosivity Index (AMESEI).

a Correlation between AMESEI and the variation coefficient of extreme precipitation (VCep) during the 1970−2016 period. Data sources: Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS, 0.25° resolution. https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/gldas; 47) and SDII-and Rx1day(s-aut). b Correlation between AMESEI and autumn precipitation amount (Paut) during the 1970−2016 period. Data source: E-OBS gridded dataset (0.25° resolution; https://www.ecad.eu/download/ensembles/download.php; Cornes et al. 76). Climate Explorer (http://climexp.knmi.nl) was used for map generation and updates.