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USLE/RUSLE Factors for National Scale Soil Loss Estimation Based on the Digital Detailed Soil Map  

Jung, Kang-Ho (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Kim, Won-Tae (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Hur, Seung-Oh (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Ha, Sang-Keon (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Jung, Pil-Kyun (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology)
Jung, Yeong-Sang (Kangwon National University)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.37, no.4, 2004 , pp. 199-206 More about this Journal
Abstract
Factors of universal soil loss equation, USLE, and its revised version, RUSLE for Korean soils were reevaluated to estimate the national scale of soil loss based on digital soil maps. Rainfall erosivity factor, R, of 158 locations of cities and counties were spacially interpolated by the inverse distance weight method. Soil erodibility factor, K, of 1321 soil phases of 390 soil series were calculated using the data of soil survey and agri-environmental quality monitoring. Topographic factor, LS, was estimated using soil map of 1:25,000 scale with soil phase and land use type. Cover management factor, C, of major crops and support practice factor, P, were summarized by analyzing the data of lysimeter and field experiments for 27 years (1975-2001) in the National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology. R factor varied between 2322 and 6408 MJ mm $ha^{-1}$ $yr^{-1}$ $hr^{-1}$ and the average value was 4276 MJ mm $ha^{-1}$ $yr^{-1}$ $hr^{-1}$. The average K value was evaluated as 0.027 MT hr $MJ^{-1}$ $mm^{-1}$. The highest K factor was found in paddy rice fields, 0.034 MT hr $MJ^{-1}$ $mm^{-1}$, and K factors in upland fields, grassland, and forest were 0.026, 0.019, and 0.020 MT hr $MJ^{-1}$ $mm^{-1}$, respectively. C factors of upland crops ranged from 0.06 to 0.45 and that of grassland was 0.003. P factor varied between 0.01 and 0.85.
Keywords
Soil erosion; Soil loss; USLE; RULSE;
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