Universal Soil Loss Equation and Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation

Handbook of Erosion Modelling

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 135-167

  Renard, K G ^a   Yoder, D C ^b   Lightle, D T ^c   Dabney, S M ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

^d USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deposition, caused by anything slowing runoff causing sediment to deposit; First version of RUSLE1, software program operating in a DOS based computer, scientific weaknesses with approach; Model applications; RUSLE1 software flow chart; RUSLE2 implementation and lessons learned; RUSLE2 implementation of USLE relationships downplaying importance of individual factors; Soil erodibility factor (K), effect of soil properties and soil profile characteristics on soil loss; Surface roughness subfactor (SR), affecting soil erosion directly affecting it indirectly through impact of residue effectiveness; Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and techniques for determining factor values to insert in USLE; Universal Soil Loss Equation and Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871922181     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444328455.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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