A comparison of the R-factor in the Universal Soil Loss Equation and Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1615-1620

  Yu, B ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; R factor; RUSLE; Tropics; USLE

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAIN; STORMS;

AUSTRALIA; ENERGY EQUATIONS; R FACTOR; RAINFALL THRESHOLDS; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

SOILS;

EID: 0033232601     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Brown, L. C., and G. R. Foster. 1987. Storm erosivity using idealized intensity distributions. Transactions of the ASAE 30(2): 379-386.
2. Cooley, K. R., C. L. Hanson, and C. W. Johnson. 1988. Precipitation erosivity index estimates in cold climates. Transactions of the ASAE 31(5): 1445-1450.
3. Foster, G. R., D. K. McCool, K. G. Renard, and W. C. Moldenhauer. 1981. Conversion of the Universal Soil Loss Equation to SI metric units. J. Soil Water Consen: 36(6): 355-359.
4. Istok, J. D., D. K. McCool, L. G. King, and L. Boersma. 1986. Effect of rainfall measurement interval on El calculation. Transactions of the ASAE 29(3): 730-734.
5. Kramer, L. A. 1987. Precipitation characteristics from variable, hourly and daily data bases. Transactions of the ASAE 30(6): 1706-1712.
6. McGregor, K. C., R. L. Bingner, A. J. Bowie, and G. R. Foster. 1995. Erosivity index values for Northern Mississippi. Transactions of the ASAE 38(4): 1039-1047.
7. Nash, J. E., and J. V. Sutcliffe. 1970. River flow forecasting through conceptual models. Part I-A discussion of principles. J. Hydrol. 10(3): 282-90.
8. Renard, K. G., G. A. Foster, G. A. Weesies, and D. K. McCool. 1997. Predicting Soil Erosion by Water-A Guide to Conservation Planning with the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE). Agric. Handbook No. 703. Washington, D.C.: USDA.
9. Rosewell, C. J. 1986. Rainfall kinetic energy in eastern Australia. J. dim. &Appl. Meteor. 25(11): 1695-1701.
10. Wischmeier, W. H., and D. D. Smith. 1958. Rainfall energy and its relationship to soil loss. Transactions Am. Ceophys. Union 39(2): 285-291.
11. Wischmeier, W. H., and D. D. Smith. 1978. Predicting Rainfall Erosion Losses-A Guide to Conservation Planning.
12. Agriculture Handbook No. 537. Washington, D.C.: USDA. Yu, B. 1998. Rainfall erosivity and its estimation Australia's tropics. Australian J. Soil Res. 36(1): 143-165.
13. Yu, B., and C. J. Rosewell. 1998. RECS: A program to calculate the R-factor for the USLE/RUSLE using BOM/AWS pluviograph data. ENS Working Paper 8/98. Nathan, Qld, Australia: Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University.