Sediment concentration rating curves for a  monsoonal climate: upper Blue
Nile

Moges, Mamaru A.; Zemale, Fasikaw A.; Alemu, Muluken L.; Ayele, Getaneh K.; Dagnew, Dessalegn C.; Tilahun, Seifu A.; Steenhuis, Tammo S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-337-2016

Articles | Volume 2, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-337-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-337-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 2, issue 3

Original research article

|

21 Jul 2016

Original research article |

| 21 Jul 2016

Sediment concentration rating curves for a monsoonal climate: upper Blue Nile

Mamaru A. Moges, Fasikaw A. Zemale, Muluken L. Alemu, Getaneh K. Ayele, Dessalegn C. Dagnew, Seifu A. Tilahun, and Tammo S. Steenhuis

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RC C723: 'SoilD 2 1419 2015', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Feb 2016
- AC C780: 'Response to the comment of referee 1', Tammo Steenhuis, 01 Mar 2016
RC C782: 'General and specific comment', Daniel Teka, 03 Mar 2016
- EC C788: 'Reply to comments of reviewer 2', Bas van Wesemael, 14 Mar 2016
  - AC C790: 'Response to Topical Editor', Tammo Steenhuis, 25 Mar 2016
- AC C789: 'Response to the comments of referee 2', Tammo Steenhuis, 25 Mar 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Revision (23 Mar 2016) by Bas van Wesemael

AR by Tammo Steenhuis on behalf of the Authors (24 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 May 2016) by Bas van Wesemael

ED: Publish as is (10 May 2016) by Kristof Van Oost (Executive editor)

AR by Tammo Steenhuis on behalf of the Authors (25 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

In tropical monsoonal Africa, sediment concentration data in rivers are lacking. Using occasional historically observed sediment loads, we developed a simple method for prediction sediment concentrations. Unlike previous methods, our techniques take into account that sediment concentrations decrease with the progression of the monsoon rains. With more testing, the developed method could improve sediment predictions in monsoonal climates.