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Why the universal soil loss equation and the revised version of it do not predict event erosion well
Author(s) -
Kinnell P. I. A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
hydrological processes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.222
H-Index - 161
eISSN - 1099-1085
pISSN - 0885-6087
DOI - 10.1002/hyp.5816
Subject(s) - citation , library science , resource (disambiguation) , event (particle physics) , computer science , physics , computer network , quantum mechanics
The universal soil loss equation (USLE; Wischmeier and Smith, 1978) and its revised version (RUSLE; Renard et al., 1997) were developed to predict the long-term average annual erosion A from field-sized areas from six factors: R the rainfall-runoff (erosivity) factor, K the soil (erodibility) factor, L the slope length factor, S the slope gradient factor, C the crop and management factor and P the conservation support practice factor. The USLE/RUSLE model is often represented by the equation