Agricultural drought severity in NE Italy: Variability, bias, and future scenarios
June 2024
This study investigated the variability of agricultural drought severity, as depicted by vegetation indices, and the bias in identifying drought events when considering a stationary vs nonstationary...
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Historical evolution of gully erosion and its response to land use change during 1968–2018 in the Mollisol region of Northeast China
June 2024
Gully erosion is one of the most severe types of land degradation, hindering food production and sustainable agricultural development. However, the historical evolution process and the impact of land...
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Assessing current and future soil erosion under changing land use based on InVEST and FLUS models in the Yihe River Basin, North China
June 2024
The Yihe River Basin is a key area for water conservation and soil erosion control in northern China. The excessive development of land resources is a major factor causing soil erosion and ecological...
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Predictive simulation and optimal allocation of surface water resources in reservoir basins under climate change
June 2024
Predicting and allocating surface water resources are becoming increasingly important tasks for addressing the risk of water shortages and challenges of climate change, especially in reservoir basins....
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Variation in soil infiltration properties under different land use/cover in the black soil region of Northeast China
June 2024
Soil infiltration properties (SIPs) of infiltration rate and saturated hydraulic conductivity significantly affect hydrological and erosion processes, thus, knowledge of SIPs under different land use/cover...
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Gully erosion mapping susceptibility in a Mediterranean environment: A hybrid decision-making model
June 2024
Gully erosion is one of the main natural hazards, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, destroying ecosystem service and human well-being. Thus, gully erosion susceptibility maps (GESM) are urgently...
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Landsat satellite programme potential for soil erosion assessment and monitoring in arid environments: A review of applications and challenges
June 2024
This review article presents a comprehensive overview of the current status of the Landsat program and its applications in soil erosion modelling and assessment within arid environments. Literature...
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An artificial neural network emulator of the rangeland hydrology and erosion model
June 2024
Machine learning (ML) is becoming an ever more important tool in hydrologic modeling. Previous studies have shown the higher prediction accuracy of those ML models over traditional process-based ones....
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Comment on “Assessing gully erosion and rehabilitation using multi temporal LiDAR DEMs: Case study from the Great Barrier Reef catchments, Australia” by Khan et al., 2023
June 2024
Geomorphic change detection (GCD) using high resolution topographic data can provide important insights into geomorphological systems. However, considerations must first be given to the mechanisms and...
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Assessment of nutrients and conductivity in the Wachusett Reservoir watershed: An investigation of land use contributions and trends
June 2024
The quality of drinking water for the Boston Metropolitan Area, supplied by the Quabbin-Wachusett system, is impacted by environmental trends. The objectives of this study are to increase understanding...
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A modified RUSLE model to simulate soil erosion under different ecological restoration types in the loess hilly area
June 2024
Soil erosion is mainly affected by the rainfall characteristics and land cover conditions, and soil erosion modelling is important for evaluating land degradation status. The revised Universal Soil...
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Estimation of generalized soil structure index based on differential spectra of different orders by multivariate assessment
June 2024
Better soil structure promotes extension of plant roots thereby improving plant growth and yield. Differences in soil structure can be determined by changes in the three phases of soil, which in turn...
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Temporal sediment source tracing during storm events in the black soil region, Northeast China
June 2024
Sediment fingerprinting technology is widely used to differentiate sediment sources. However, despite its long-recognized benefits, there it has been seldom applied to assess the variability of sediment...
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Effect of microrelief features of tillage methods under different rainfall intensities on runoff and soil erosion in slopes
June 2024
Tillage methods play a crucial role in controlling rainwater partitioning and soil erosion. This study utilized rainfall simulation experiments to investigate the impact of four tillage methods (manual...
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Tracing soil erosion with Fe3O4 magnetic powder: Principle and application
June 2024
Magnetic powder is regarded as an effective and economical tracer for estimating soil erosion. However, the principle and application for using magnetic powder to estimate soil erosion are still not...
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HOTSED: A new integrated model for assessing potential hotspots of sediment sources and related sediment dynamics at watershed scale
Available online 17 June 2024
In this paper we introduce HOTSED, a novel, innovative GIS-based model designed for assessing potential hotspots of sediment dynamics at watershed scale. HOTSED integrates geomorphic spatial information...
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Estimation of soil moisture of a high Andean wetland ecosystem (Bofedal) with geo-radar data and In-Situ measurements, Ayacucho - Peru
Available online 17 June 2024
High Andean ecosystems within microbasins serve as crucial areas for water recharge, containing both surface and subsurface moisture. However, these ecosystems are currently under threat due to overgrazing,...
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Wind and rainfall erosion energy in large sediment generating and coarse sediment class areas of the middle Yellow river
Available online 12 June 2024
Joint action by strong winds and high-intensive rainfall leads to serious soil erosion problems in large sediment generating and coarse sediment class areas of the middle Yellow River. Investigating...
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Assessing the declining trend in soil erodibility across China: A comparison of conventional and digital K-factor maps
Available online 29 May 2024
Soil erodibility is a measure of soil susceptibility to water erosion and serves as an essential element, also known as the K-factor, in empirical soil erosion prediction models, such as USLE, RUSLE,...
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Rainfall intensity profile induced changes in surface‒subsurface flow and soil loss as influenced by surface cover type: A long-term in situ field study
Available online 22 May 2024
Due to global warming, changes in the rainfall intensity profile (i.e., the temporal intensity distribution within a rainfall event) increase the difficulty of accurate erosion prediction and control....
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Why we should revitalize indigenous water harvesting systems: Lessons learned
Available online 21 May 2024
It is generally believed that problems surrounding water scarcity led earlier generations to develop and employ a variety of indigenous rainwater harvesting (RWH) techniques. This paper is based on...
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Three-dimensional spatiotemporal variation of soil organic carbon and its influencing factors at the basin scale
Available online 16 May 2024
The variability of soil organic carbon (SOC) extends across three dimensions. However, quantitative analyses of the factors influencing spatiotemporal variations of SOC in various soil depth is scarce....
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Can hydraulic-energy-indices be effectively used to describe the saturated hydraulic conductivity?
Available online 15 May 2024
The saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) and water retention curve (SWRC) parameters are important properties for simulating soil hydrological processes and characterizing soil conservation around...
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