• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.430-430
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• 2016

범용토양유실공식(RUSLE)은 연간 토양유실량을 산정하기 위해 제시된 경험식이며, 강우침식인자(R factor)는 유실량을 결정하는 요소 중 강우강도의 특성을 고려하는 주요인자이다. 토지피복, 식생 등에 대한 타 인자의 경우 한정된 실험에 의해 도출된 경험치를 대상지역에 맞게 적용하는데 반해 강우침식인자는 강우강도 기반 강우에너지 산정법을 적용하여 계산과정이 비교적 복잡하고 다양하다. 국내에서도 강우침식인자 산정법이 개발된 바 있으나 현제까지 간편법을 비롯한 다양한 공식들이 적용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 강우침식인자를 산정하는 과정에서 다른 강우 운동에너지식을 적용하거나 연평균 강수량 등을 대체지수로 활용한 간편법 적용시 결과의 결과의 다양성에 대해 분석하고자 하였다. 합리적인 30분 강우강도 산정을 위해 79개 기상청 종관기상관측 지점에 대한 분단위 강우자료(1997~2014)를 수집하고 기존의 국내외 강우운동에너지 식과 대체지수를 적용하여 산정된 결과를 비교 분석하였다. 연구결과 간편법을 사용한 결과가 대부분 지점에 대해 강우에너지식을 사용한 강우침식인자보다 과대산정(지점평균 약 74%)하였으며 다른 강우에너지식 적용에 따른 평균 변동계수가 약 0.12로 나타나 지점간 차이를 보였으나 적용방법에 따른 침식인자의 분포가 다소 다르게 나타남을 확인하였다. 관측자료가 부족한 토양유실량 예측에 있어 강우 침식인자 산정을 위한 최적 방법론 도출이 어려운 만큼 다중모델 결과를 조합하는 방법론 개발이 필요하다고 판단된다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.55 no.4
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• pp.291-300
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• 2022

Artificial disturbance in mountainous areas increases the sensitivity to erosion by exposure of the subsoil with a low loam ratio to the surface. In this study, rainfall simulations were conducted to evaluate the erodibility of sand and loamy sand in the interrill erosion by the rainfall-induced sheet flow. The mean diameters of sand and loamy sand used in the experiment were 0.936 mm and 0.611 mm, respectively, and the organic matter content was 2.0% and 4.2%, respectively. In the experimental plot, the runoff coefficient of overland flow increased 1.16 times in loamy sand rather than sand. Mean sediment yields of loamy sand and sand by sheet erosion were 3.71kg/m²/hr and 1.13kg/m²/hr respectively. The erodibility, the rate of soil erosion for rainfall erosivity factor, was 3.65 times greater in loamy sand than in sand. As the gradient of the steep slope increased from 24° to 28°, the sediment concentration and the erodibility for two soils increased by about 20%. The erodibility factor K of sandy soils for small plots was overestimated compared to the measured erodibility. This means that RUSLE can overestimate the sediment yields by sheet erosion on sandy soils.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.122-131
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• 2007

This study estimates how soil loss in a basin has been occurred according to the change of land cover, and analyzes which type of land cover has the largest soil loss by classifying the land-cover type into each area and a whole basin. Musimcheon, the second branch stream of GeumGang, is chosen as a research area. The result of analysis shows that the average soil loss occurs most largely in a crop land and a paddy field. The yearly soil loss of watershed estimates approximately 14,000 ton/yr in case of using 100-year-frequency rainfall data. A forest area, which takes the largest area in watershed, shows the soil loss occurs approximately 1,000ton/yr. A crop field shows that soil loss increased most largely 4,900 ton/yr (34.6%) in 1985 to 8,100 ton/yr (56.1%) in 2000. The change of land cover in a crop land increased 8% to 14%, and this change influences on the increase of soil loss. As a result of analyzing the area over $200ton/km^2/yr$, the soil loss in a crop field accounts for 74% to 96%.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.14 no.4 s.39
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• pp.363-377
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• 2006

Mean annual soil loss was calculated and critical soil erosion areas were identified for the Congaree River Basin in South Carolina, USA using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model. In the RUSLE model, the mean annual soil loss (A) can be calculated by multiplying rainfall-runoff erosivity (R), soil erodibility (K), slope length and steepness (LS), crop-management (C), and support practice (P) factors. The critical soil erosion areas can be identified as the areas with soil loss amounts (A) greater than the soil loss tolerance (T) factor More than 10% of the total area was identified as a critical soil erosion area. Among seven subwatersheds within the Congaree River Basin, the urban areas of the Congaree Creek and the Gills Creek subwatersheds as well as the agricultural area of the Cedar Creek subwatershed appeared to be exposed to the risk of severe soil loss. As a prototype model for examining future effect of human and/or nature-induced changes on soil erosion, the RUSLE model customized for the area was embedded into ESRI ArcGIS ArcMap 9.0 using Visual Basic for Applications. Using the embedded model, users can modify C, LS, and P-factor values for each subwatershed by changing conditions such as land cover, canopy type, ground cover type, slope, type of agriculture, and agricultural practice types. The result mean annual soil loss and critical soil erosion areas can be compared to the ones with existing conditions and used for further soil loss management for the area.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.789-792
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• 2010

Major impacts of climate change expert that soil erosion rate may increase during the $21^{st}$ century. This study was conducted to assess the potential impacts of climate change on soil erosion by water in Korea. The soil loss was estimated for regions with the potential risk of soil erosion on a national scale. For computation, Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) with rainfall and runoff erosivity factors (R), cover management factors (C), support practice factors (P) and revised USLE with soil erodibility factors (K) and topographic factors (LS) were used. RUSLE, the revised version of USLE, was modified for Korean conditions and re-evaluate to estimate the national-scale of soil loss based on the digital soil maps for Korea. The change of precipitation for 2010 to 2090s were predicted under A1B scenarios made by National Institute of Meteorological Research in Korea. Future soil loss was predicted based on a change of R factor. As results, the predicted precipitations were increased by 6.7% for 2010 to 2030s, 9.5% for 2040 to 2060s and 190% for 2070 to 2090s, respectively. The total soil loss from uplands in 2005 was estimated approximately $28{\times}10^6$ ton. Total soil losses were estimated as $31{\times}10^6$ ton in 2010 to 2030s, $31{\times}10^6$ ton in 2040 to 2060s and $33{\times}10^6$ ton in 2070 to 2090s, respectively. As precipitation increased by 17% in the end of $21^{st}$ century, the total soil loss was increased by 12.9%. Overall, these results emphasize the significance of precipitation. However, it should be noted that when precipitation becomes insignificant, the results may turn out to be complex due to the large interaction among plant biomass, runoff and erosion. This may cause increase or decrease the overall erosion.