Modelling soil erosion by water / edited by John Boardman, David Favis-Mortlock, University of Oxford, Environmental Change Unit, 5 South Parks Road, 0X1 3UB, Oxford, U.K.

This book compares existing soil erosion models and determines their suitability for predicting the impacts of global change upon soil erosion. The common datasets used for the evaluation are drawn from both temperate and semi-arid areas; they represent 73 site-years of data from seven sites in thre...

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Corporate Authors: North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division (sponsoring body.), NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Global Change: Modelling Soil Erosion by Water"
Other Authors: Boardman, John, 1942- (Editor), Favis-Mortlock, David, 1953- (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1998]
Series:NATO ASI series. Global environmental change ; vol. 55.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section 1. Background to the Model Evaluation
  • 1. Modelling Soil Erosion by Water
  • 2. Towards an Improved Predictive Capability for Soil Erosion under Global Change
  • 3. Modelling Soil Erosion in Real Landscapes: a Western European Perspective
  • Section 2. Model Evaluation with Common Datasets
  • 4. Evaluation of Plot Runoff and Erosion Forecasts using the CSEP and MEDRUSH Models
  • 5. Evaluation of the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) Model for Hillslopes
  • 6. GLEAMS Model Evaluation
  • Hydrology and Erosion Components
  • 7. EUROSEM: an Evaluation with Single Event Data from the C5 Watershed, Oklahoma, USA
  • 8. Comparison of Simulated and Observed Runoff and Soil Loss on Three Small United States Watersheds
  • 9. Validation of Field-Scale Soil Erosion Models using Common Datasets
  • Section 3. Model Evaluation with User-Supplied Datasets
  • 10. Predicting Runoff in Semiarid Woodlands: Evaluation of the WEPP Model
  • 11. Evaluation of Field-Scale Erosion Models on the UK South Downs
  • Section 4. Modelling Issues
  • 12. Modelling Across Scales: the MEDALUS Family of Models
  • 13. Problems Regarding the Use of Soil Erosion Models
  • 14. Cross-Scale Aspects of EPA Erosion Studies
  • 15. Scale Issues and a Scale Transfer Method for Erosion Modelling
  • 16. Infiltration for Soil Erosion Models: Some Temporal and Spatial Complications
  • 17. Saturation Overland Flow on Loess Soils in the Netherlands
  • 18. Incorporating. Crusting Processes in Erosion Models
  • 19. The Role of Soil Aggregates in Soil Erosion Processes
  • 20. Process-Based Approaches to Modelling Soil Erosion
  • 21. Sensitivity of Sediment-Transport Equations to Errors in Hydraulic Models of Overland Flow
  • 22. Gully Erosion: Importance and Model Implications
  • 23. Field Data and Erosion Models
  • 24. Effects of Agricultural Land Use on Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Soil Erosion in Small Catchments: Implications for Modelling
  • 25. Sensitivity of the Model LISEM to Variables Related to Agriculture
  • 26. Applying GIS to Catchment-Scale Soil Erosion Modelling
  • 27. Snowmelt and Frozen Soils in Simulation Models
  • 28. The Use of USLE Components in Models
  • Section 5. Model Descriptions
  • 29. The EUROSEM Model
  • 30. Griffith University Erosion System Template (GUEST)
  • 31. A Continuous Catchment-Scale Erosion Model
  • 32. LISEM: a Physically-Based Hydrologic and Soil Erosion Catchment Model
  • 33. APEX: a New Tool for Predicting the Effects of Climate and CO2 Changes on Erosion and Water Quality
  • 34. A Dynamic Model of Gully Erosion
  • 35. Alternative Approaches to Soil Erosion Prediction and Conservation Using Expert Systems and Neural Networks
  • Section 6. Model Applications: Actual and Potential
  • 36. Soil Erosion Modelling in Hungary
  • 37. Definition and Mapping of Desertification Units in Mediterranean Areas Under Rainfed Cereals
  • 38. Hydrological and Erosion Processes in the Research Catchments of Vallcebre (Pyrenees)
  • Section 7. Conclusions
  • 39. Modelling Soil Erosion by Water: Some Conclusions
  • Appendices
  • A. List of Acronyms Used
  • B. Participants at 'Global Change: Modelling Soil Erosion by Water'