Articles | Volume 21, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4363-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4363-2017
Research article
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07 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 07 Sep 2017

Spatio-temporal patterns of the effects of precipitation variability and land use/cover changes on long-term changes in sediment yield in the Loess Plateau, China

Guangyao Gao, Jianjun Zhang, Yu Liu, Zheng Ning, Bojie Fu, and Murugesu Sivapalan

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (23 May 2017) by Nunzio Romano
AR by Guangyao Gao on behalf of the Authors (30 May 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Jun 2017) by Nunzio Romano
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (14 Jul 2017)
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (26 Jul 2017) by Nunzio Romano
AR by Guangyao Gao on behalf of the Authors (05 Aug 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (08 Aug 2017) by Nunzio Romano
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This study extracted spatio-temporal patterns in the effects of LUCC and precipitation variability on sediment yield across the Loess Plateau during 1961–2011. The impacts of precipitation on sediment yield declined with time and the precipitation-sediment relationship showed a coherent spatial pattern. The sediment coefficient, representing the effect of LUCC, decreases linearly with fraction of area treated with erosion control measures and the slopes were highly variable among the catchments.