Measurements and Modeling in Soil Erosion: State of the Art
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Water".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2024) | Viewed by 1042
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecosystem sustainability; soil health; carbon and nutrient cycles
Interests: predicting and controlling sediment yield and other pollutants from small fields to large agricultural watersheds; riparian and wetland components within watershed models for application at watershed scales; for ephemeral gully erosion models; investigating and evaluating the effectiveness of riparian systems; instream stabilization structures; conservation practices on improving water quality
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil erosion is a ubiquitous geomorphological process affecting the productivity and sustainability of agricultural lands. After decades of studies, we have gained substantial knowledge about soil erosion, mostly through extensive runoff-plot experiments, such as in support of the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and its revised form, RUSLE2, to estimate soil erosion by water, and the Wind Erosion Equation (WEQ) and the subsequent Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS) to estimate soil erosion by wind. There are significant gaps in soil erosion research that need to be filled. For example, we lack quality soil erosion field-scale data to verify and calibrate soil erosion models. We would benefit from the knowledge of sediment detachment and transport in fields and channels of a watershed system and their deposition into downstream water bodies. A process-based soil erosion modeling approach would be very desirable, with many already in development, such as the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP). This Special Issue serves as a compendium of recent advances in soil erosion research, especially regarding measurements and modeling. This also serves as a platform for discussion on the direction of future soil erosion research needs. Contributions encompassing original research papers, reviews, and commentary on the subject matter are all welcome.
Dr. Yuch-Ping Hsieh
Dr. Ronald L Bingner
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil loss
- sediment redistribution
- sediment movement
- field-scale experiments
- watershed
- wind erosion
- water erosion
- erosion processes
- erosion databases
- modelling
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