The European Soil Erosion Model (EUROSEM): A dynamic approach for predicting sediment transport from fields and small catchments.
Rpc Morgan,John Quinton,Roger E. Smith,Gerard Govers,Jean Poesen,Karl Auerswald,G Chisci,Dino Torri,Merete Styczen +8 more
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The European Soil Erosion Model (EUROSEM) as mentioned in this paper is a dynamic distributed model able to simulate sediment transport, erosion and deposition over the land surface by rill and interill processes in single storms for both individual fields and small catchments.Abstract:
The European Soil Erosion Model (EUROSEM) is a dynamic distributed model, able to simulate sediment transport, erosion and deposition over the land surface by rill and interill processes in single storms for both individual fields and small catchments. Model output includes total runoff, total soil loss, the storm hydrograph and storm sediment graph. Compared with other erosion models, EUROSEM has explicit simulation of interill and rill flow; plant cover effects on interception and rainfall energy; rock fragment (stoniness) effects on infiltration, flow velocity and splash erosion; and changes in the shape and size of rill channels as a result of erosion and deposition. The transport capacity of runoff is modelled using relationships based on over 500 experimental observations of shallow surface flows. EUROSEM can be applied to smooth slope planes without rills, rilled surfaces and surfaces with furrows. Examples are given of model output and of the unique capabilities of dynamic erosion modelling in general. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.read more
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A review of erosion and sediment transport models
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Impact of plant roots on the resistance of soils to erosion by water: a review
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Soil Erosion and Conservation
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Soil erodibility and processes of water erosion on hillslope
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Predicting rainfall erosion losses : a guide to conservation planning
W. H. Wischmeier,Dwight D. Smith +1 more
TL;DR: The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) as discussed by the authors is a model designed to predict the average rate of soil erosion for each feasible alternative combination of crop system and management practices in association with a specified soil type, rainfall pattern and topography.
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An introduction to the European Hydrological System — Systeme Hydrologique Europeen, “SHE”, 1: History and philosophy of a physically-based, distributed modelling system
TL;DR: The SHE system as discussed by the authors is a physically-based, distributed, catchment modelling system developed by the Danish Hydraulic Institute, the British Institute of Hydrology and SOGREAH with the financial support of the Commission of the European Communities.
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