Assessment of soil erodibility indices for conservation reserve program lands in Southwestern Kansas using satellite imagery and GIS techniques

Environmental Management

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 886-898

  Park, Sunyurp ^a   Egbert, Stephen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Reserve Program; GIS; Soil erodibility index; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SOIL CONSERVATION; TEXTURES;

CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM; SOIL ERODABILITY INDEX; SOIL PROPERTIES; WATER CAPACITY;

SOILS;

ORGANIC MATTER; WATER;

GIS; LAND MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; CLAY; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; PERMEABILITY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL QUALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KANSAS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27944449226     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0309-6     Document Type: Article

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