Evaluation of the LISEM soil erosion model in two catchments in the East African Highlands

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-486

  Hessel, Rudi ^a   van den Bosch, Rik ^a   Vigiak, Olga ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

East African Highlands; LISEM; Soil erosion modelling; Spatial erosion patterns

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS; STORMS;

EROSION RATES; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION MODELLING; SPATIAL EROSION PATTERNS;

CATCHMENTS;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS; STORMS;

CATCHMENT; MODELING; SOIL EROSION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646074802     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1280     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Angima SD, Stott DE, O'Neill MK, Ong CK, Weesies GA. 2003. Soil erosion prediction using RUSLE for central Kenyan highland conditions. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 97: 295-308.
2. Bates BC, Davies PK. 1988. Effect of baseflow separation procedures on surface runoff models. Journal of Hydrology 103: 309-322.
3. Bunyatta DK, Nyongesa HW, Chombo KC, Kigen JK. 2002. Integrated catchment approach as an extension tool to soil and water conservation in North Rift Kenya. In Participatory Technology Development for Soil Management by Small Holders in Kenya, Mureithi JG, Gachene CKK, Muyekho FN, Onyango M, Mose L, Magenya O (eds). Proceedings of the 2nd Scientific Conference of the Soil Management and Legume Research Network Projects, June 2000, Mombasa, Kenya. KARI: 217-222.
4. Chapman T. 1999. A comparison of algorithms for stream flow recession and baseflow separation. Hydrological Processes 13: 701-714.
5. Chow VT, Maidment DR, Mays LW. 1988. Applied Hydrology. McGraw-Hill: New York.
6. De Roo APJ, Jetten VG. 1999. Calibrating and validating the LISEM model for two data sets from the Netherlands and South Africa. Catena 37: 477-493.
7. De Roo APJ, Wesseling CG, Ritsema CJ. 1996a. LISEM: a single-event physically based hydrological and soil erosion model for drainage basins: I: Theory, input and output. Hydrological Processes 10: 1107-1117.
8. De Roo APJ, Offermans RJE, Cremers NHDT. 1996b. LISEM: a single-event, physically based hydrological and soil erosion model for drainage basins. II: Sensitivity analysis, validation and application. Hydrological Processes 10: 1119-1126.
9. Ekbom A, Knutsson P, Ovuka M. 2001. Is sustainable development based on agriculture attainable in Kenya? A multidisciplinary case study of Murang'A district. Land Degradation and Development 12: 435-447.
10. Ewen J, Parkin G, O'Connell PE. 2000. SHETRAN: Distributed river basin flow and transport modelling system. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 5: 250-258.
11. Herweg K. 1996. Field Manual for Assessment of current Erosion Damage. Soil Conservation Research Programme: Ethiopia; and Centre for Development and Environment, University of Berne: Switzerland.
12. Hessel R. 2002. Modelling soil erosion in a small catchment on the Chinese Loess Plateau; Applying LISEM to extreme conditions. Netherlands Geographical Studies 307.
13. Hessel R, Jetten V, Liu Baoyuan, Zhang Yan, Stolte J. 2003. Calibration of the LISEM model for a small Loess Plateau catchment. Catena 54: 235-254.
14. Jetten V. 2002. LISEM User manual, version 2.x. Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
15. Jetten V, De Roo APJ. 2001. Spatial analysis of erosion conservation measures with LISEM. In Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling, Harmon R, Doe WW (eds). Kluwer Academic/Plenum: New York; 429-445.
16. Jetten V, Boiffin J, De Roo A. 1996. Defining monitoring strategies for runoff and erosion studies in agricultural catchments: a simulation approach. European Journal of Soil Science 47: 579-592.
17. Jetten V, Govers G, Hessel R. 2003. Erosion models: quality of spatial predictions. Hydrological Processes 17: 887-900.
18. Kizunguto TM, Shelukindo HB. 2002. Guidelines to mobilize and support community-based catchment approach-watershed management. SECAP: Lushoto.
19. Morgan RPC. 2001. A simple approach to soil loss prediction: a revised Morgan-Morgan-Finney model. Catena 44: 305-322.
20. Morgan RPC, Quinton JN. 2001. Erosion modelling. In Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling, Harmon RS, Doe WW (eds). Kluwer Academic/Plenum: New York: 117-143.
21. Morgan RPC, Morgan DDV, Finney HJ. 1984. A predictive model for the assessment of erosion risk. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research 30: 245-253.
22. Nash JE, Sutcliffe JV. 1970. River flow forecasting through conceptual models, l-A discussion of principles. Journal of Hydrology 10: 282-290.
23. Okoba, BO. 2005. Farmers' indicators for soil erosion mapping and crop yield estimation in Central Highlands of Kenya. PhD thesis, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
24. Okoba BO, Sterk G. 2005. Quantification of soil erosion indicators in Gikuuri catchment in the central Highlands of Kenya. Geoderma (in press).
25. Pretty TN, Thompson J, Kiara JK. 1995. Agricultural regeneration in Kenya: the catchment appraoch to soil and water conservation. Ambio 24: 7-15.
26. Renard KG., Foster GR, Weesies GA, McCool DK, Yoder DC. (coord.) 1997. Predicting Soil Erosion by Water: A Guide to Conservation Planning with the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE). Agriculture Handbook 703. US Department of Agriculture.
27. Sujono J, Shikasho S, Hiramatsu K. 2004. A comparison of techniques for hydrograph recession analysis. Hydrological Processes 18: 403-413.
28. Takken I, Beuselinck L, Nachtergaele J, Govers G, Poesen J, Degraer G. 1999. Spatial evaluation of a physically-based distributed erosion model (LISEM). Catena 37: 431-447.
29. Thomas DB. 1988. Conservation of cropland on steep slopes in Eastern Africa. In Conservation Farming on Steep Lands, Moldenhauer WC, Hudson NW (eds). Soil and Water Conservation Society: Ankeny, Iowa, USA; 140-149.
30. University of Texas library website. Horn of Africa (shaded relief) 2004. www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa.html [18 August 2004].
31. Van Roode M. 2000. The effects of vegetative barrier strips on surface runoff and soil erosion in Machakos, Kenya; a statistical versus a spatial modelling approach. Netherlands Geographical Studies 278. KNAG/ Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Utrecht University: Utrecht.
32. Vigiak O. 2005. Modelling spatial patterns of erosion in the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. PhD thesis, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
33. Vigiak O, Okoba BO, Sterk G, Groenenberg S. 2005. Modelling catchment-scale erosion patterns in the East African Highlands. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 30: 183-196.