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The use of remote sensing techniques and the universal soil loss equation to determine soil erosion. Research technical completion report, project A-080-IDA Item Info

Satellite data with ancillary watershed information was used to determine soil erosion of agriculture, forest, and rangelands in the southern portion of the Hangman Creek watershed, Benewah County, Idaho. Vegetation cover types derived from satellite data and the VICAR/IBIS image processing computer software package were determined with 89 percent accuracy. The vegetation cover types identified on the study area were dense-mixed bluegrass, pasture and brush. Soil erosion (tons/acre/year) was estimated with the Universal Soil Loss Equation. Annual soil loss in the study area ranged from 0.003 tons/acre/year in the dense to mixed-forest cover type to 18.7 tons/acre/year in the wheat and lentil cover types. Annual erosion was compared with the annual soil loss tolerance to determine critical erosion areas.

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Title:
The use of remote sensing techniques and the universal soil loss equation to determine soil erosion. Research technical completion report, project A-080-IDA
Authors:
Schuchard, K. M.; Tennyson, L. C.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1982-12
Description:
Satellite data with ancillary watershed information was used to determine soil erosion of agriculture, forest, and rangelands in the southern portion of the Hangman Creek watershed, Benewah County, Idaho. Vegetation cover types derived from satellite data and the VICAR/IBIS image processing computer software package were determined with 89 percent accuracy. The vegetation cover types identified on the study area were dense-mixed bluegrass, pasture and brush. Soil erosion (tons/acre/year) was estimated with the Universal Soil Loss Equation. Annual soil loss in the study area ranged from 0.003 tons/acre/year in the dense to mixed-forest cover type to 18.7 tons/acre/year in the wheat and lentil cover types. Annual erosion was compared with the annual soil loss tolerance to determine critical erosion areas.
Subjects:
Soil erosion Remote sensing Satellite technology Land use Vegetation
Location:
Hangman Creek; Northern Idaho
Latitude:
47.187
Longitude:
-116.99
Collection:
Coeur d'Alene Basin
IWRRI number:
198319
Rights:
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Publisher:
Idaho Water and Energy Resources Research Institute; University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
KIT
Date Digitized:
2017-08-28

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"The use of remote sensing techniques and the universal soil loss equation to determine soil erosion. Research technical completion report, project A-080-IDA", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-198319.html
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