Table 2 Description of the field sites and experimental designs used for validation of post-fire soil erosion predictions by MMF.

From: Prediction, validation, and uncertainties of a nation-wide post-fire soil erosion risk assessment in Portugal

Location, municipalityreference

Coordinates

Burn severitya

Monitoring years

Nr. erosion plots

Plot size (m2)

Annual rainfall (mm)

Açores, Albergaria‐a‐Velha52

40°40′46·62″N

8°26′54·80″W

Moderate

2005

–

2006

8

0.25

1048

–

1608

Colmeal, Góis14

40°08′42″N

7°59′16″W

Moderate –

High

2008

–

2010

3b

10

 

Colmeal, Góis22,40

40°08′48"N 7°59′50"W

Moderate

2008

–

2012

16

0.25

–

0.5

833

–

1534

Pessegueiro do Vouga, Sever do Vouga53

40° 43′05″N

8° 21′15″W

Moderate

–

High

2007

6b

16

1546

Ermida, Sever do Vouga54

40°44′05″N

8°21′18″W

Moderate

–

High

2010

4b

0.25

1475

Ermida, Sever do Vouga55

40°44′05″N

8°21′18″W

Moderate

2010

3b

100

1475

Montesinho, Bragança56

41°53′57″N

6°40′55″W

Low

2011

6

4

545

Várzea, Viseu57

40°45′58″N,

7°51′35″W

Moderate

2012

–

2013

18

0.25

1289–1628

Semide, Miranda do Corvo58

40°09′57"N

8°19′31"W

Moderate

–

High

2015

–

2016

3

16

1291

Semide, Miranda do Corvo59

40°09′57"N

8°19′31"W

Moderate –

High

2015

–

2017

3

1000

1291

  1. (a) Authors classification and/or according to Vega et al.60 when unavailable;
  2. (b) Only control plots used, since the original study tested mitigation measures.
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