Modelling aeolian sediment transport during initial soil development on an artificial catchment using WEPS and aerial images

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 117, Issue , 2011, Pages 148-162

  Maurer, T ^a,b   Gerke, H H ^b  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerial image analysis; Artificial catchment; Initial soil development; Scenario analysis; Sediment budgets; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

AERIAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; INITIAL SOIL DEVELOPMENT; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; WIND EROSION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CATCHMENT; EOLIAN PROCESS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MASS BALANCE; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TEXTURE; SURFACE STRUCTURE; WATER EROSION; WIND EROSION;

BRANDENBURG; CHICKEN CREEK; GERMANY;

EID: 81855176183     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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