Soil Erosion (Geomorphology)

Soil Erosion Sites:

Soil Erosion Network of GCTE (Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems) Soil Erosion Network of GCTE (Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems): Objectives of the Soil Erosion Network are to design and undertake experimental and monitoring programmes of soil erosion and to refine and adapt soil erosion models for use in studies of environmental and climate change. Useful list of links to other soi (Soil Erosion) http://mwnta.nmw.ac.uk/GCTEFocus3/networks/erosion.htm Universal Soil Loss Equation, Database Universal Soil Loss Equation, Database: The USLE predicts longterm average annual soil loss by rainfall runoff from agricultural land and various other landuse types. Data files can be downloaded from this site. (Soil Erosion) http://topsoil.nserl.purdue.edu/nserlweb/usle/ Soil Erosion and Global Change: COST Action 623 Soil Erosion and Global Change: COST Action 623: The COST Program is an initiative of the European Commission to stimulate Coordination of Scientific and Technical Research in Europe. Aim of COST Action 623 is to coordinate all soil erosion research in Europe and to further the study of the relationship (Soil Erosion) http://www.soilerosion.net/cost623/ Applications of Caesium-137 in Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Studies Applications of Caesium-137 in Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Studies: Discusses the use of Caesium-137, an element of radioactive fallout, as a tracer to study the rates and patterns of soil erosion and deposition. (Soil Erosion) http://www.ex.ac.uk/~yszhang/caesium/welcome.htm Emergence and Erosion: a Model for Rill Initiation and Development Emergence and Erosion: a Model for Rill Initiation and Development: Detailed description of the RillGrow2 model for the initiation of erosion rills on farmer's fields by rainfall runoff, including computer graphics of simulated rill patterns. (Soil Erosion) http://divcom.otago.ac.nz/SIRC/GeoComp/GeoComp98/86/gc_86.htm Soil and Water Conservation Society Soil and Water Conservation Society: The Soil and Water Conservation Society is an international organization that fosters the science and the art of soil and water conservation to achieve sustained use of land resources. (Soil Erosion) http://www.swcs.org/ Soil Erosion and WEPP Technology Soil Erosion and WEPP Technology: Tutorial describing processes of soil erosion as well as ways to predict and control erosion. (Soil Erosion) http://soils.ecn.purdue.edu/~wepphtml/wepp/wepptut/jhtml/intro.html Land Degradation and Rehabilitation Programme, University of Oxford Land Degradation and Rehabilitation Programme, University of Oxford: Conducts research on the occurrence, processes and impacts of land degradation, particularly soil erosion by water, including modelling of rill initiation. (Soil Erosion) http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/land.html National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory: Homepage of the National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory of the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. (Soil Erosion) http://topsoil.nserl.purdue.edu Rainfall erosion processes and prediction Rainfall erosion processes and prediction: Raindrop impact induced erosion processes and modeling, erosion modeling at the catchment (watershed) scale. (Soil Erosion) http://members.ozemail.com.au/~pkinnell/page1.htm Soil Erosion Site Soil Erosion Site: Background information, links to organizations, projects, meetings, data sets, and models. (Soil Erosion) http://soilerosion.net TEKTRAN: Retrieval system of U.S. agricultural research results TEKTRAN: Retrieval system of U.S. agricultural research results: TEKTRAN summaries on the Internet are selected pre-publication notices of recent research results from the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (Soil Erosion) http://www.nal.usda.gov/ttic/tektran/tektran.html Sediment Database of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Sediment Database of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): The site provides free, online access to a large database of daily suspended sediment values at 1593 measurement stations along rivers of the U.S.A.. (Soil Erosion) http://co.water.usgs.gov/sediment/ Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP): The WEPP-model, developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is a process-based, distributed model for soil erosion prediction. Model software and documentation can be obtained through this site. (Soil Erosion) http://forest.moscowfsl.wsu.edu/4702/wepp0.html Laboratory for Experimental Geomorphology, Catholic University Louvain, Belgium Laboratory for Experimental Geomorphology, Catholic University Louvain, Belgium: A key area of interest of the Laboratory for Experimental Geomorphology is the study of the processes and mechanics of overland flow hydraulics and soil erosion, including raindrop impact, interrill and rill erosion, gully erosion and tillage erosion. (Soil Erosion) http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/facdep/geo/fgk/leg/pages/exphome.htm