Integration of modified universal soil loss equation (Musle) into a GIS framework to assess soil erosion risk

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-91

  Zhang, Yanli ^a   Degroote, J ^a   Wolter, C ^b   Sugumaran, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b Iowa DNR/IGS   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; MUSLE; Soft erosion; Watershed

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; CRITICAL AREA; CURVE NUMBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; GIS; MODIFIED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; MUSLE; PEAK FLOWS; PRIORITIZATION; RAINFALL EVENT; SOFT EROSION; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL EROSION MODELING; SOIL EROSION RISK; SOIL EROSION RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL LOSS; SOIL RESOURCES; SPATIAL DATA; WATERSHED SCALE;

EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; MILITARY HELICOPTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

GIS; PEAK FLOW; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SOFTWARE; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DATA; WATERSHED;

BLACK HAWK COUNTY; IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BUTEOGALLUS;

EID: 68649093526     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.893     Document Type: Article

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