Undoubtedly, land degradation linked to desertification causes a decrease in qualitative and quantitative features of natural resources. This research aimed to assess land desertification by local residents and their role in controlling desertification in Isfahan province, Iran in 2016. The criteria were soil climate, vegetation, erosion, and demography. The indicators of soil texture, stone fr...

Potential aerosol release rates during wind erosion of soils have been quantified by such methods as sandSuspendable-size soil particles are released during wind erosion and blasting aggregates in laboratory settings (Alfaro et al., transported downwind, impacting regional air quality. Of particular concern are those particles with a mean aerodynamic diameter of 1998), measuring concentrations ...

Aeolian process and subsequently soil erosion are key factors in dryland environments. Such phenomena are related not only to geoecological factors (lithology, topography, and climatology) but also to land-use and plant cover changes. Formation of new sand dunes in Damghan explains the development of human activities over the past. The aim of this study is to explain the land use changes and th...

irrigation levels decline and dryland acreage inPredicted crop yields and wind erosion rates from creases, the incidence of wind erosion is expected to a multi-year/multi-crop growth simulation model increase. For the Texas High Plains, this is occurring provided input into a multi-period recursive QP at a time when farm policy is emphasizing long-term model to evaluate erosion implications dur...

Wind sometimes creates a hard, wind-packed layer at the surface of a snowpack. The formation of such wind crusts was observed during wind tunnel experiments with combined SnowMicroPen and Microsoft Kinect sensors. The former provides the hardness of new and wind-packed snow and the latter spatial snow depth data in the test section. Previous experiments had shown that saltation is necessary but...

*Katharina Helming, Center for Agricultural Landscape and Land Use Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Str. 84, D-15374 Muencheberg, Germany. *Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT The kinetic energy of rainstorms plays a paramount role in surface sealing, runoff, and erosion processes. Typically, the kinetic energy rate is calculated based on terminal velocity of vertically falling raindrop...

erosion is considered as a main problem for the loss of arable land around the world. as the world arable land is reaching its limit, marginal areas, such as those prone to wind erosion, have gained importance for agricultural use. a simple and effective way of restoring wind eroded soils is addition of organic materials. sewage sludge can be an effective way to solve this problem. the effect o...