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Modelling Hot Spots of Soil Loss by Wind Erosion (SoLoWind) in Western Saxony, Germany
| dc.contributor.author | Schmidt, Simon | |
| dc.contributor.author | Meusburger, Katrin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Figueiredo, Tomás de | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alewell, Christine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-25T10:00:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-30T15:00:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-25T10:00:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-30T15:00:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Land Degradation and Development published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. While it needs yet to be assessed whether or not wind erosion in Western Saxony is a major point of concern regarding land degradation and fertility, it has already been recognized that considerable off-site effects of wind erosion in the adjacent regions of Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg are connected to the spread of herbicides, pesticides and dust. So far, no wind erosion assessment for Western Saxony, Germany, exists. The wind erosion model previously applied for Germany (DIN standard 19706) is considering neither changes in wind direction over time nor influences of field size. This study aims to provide a first assessment of wind erosion for Western Saxony by extending the existing DIN model to a multidirectional model on soil loss by wind (SoLoWind) with new controlling factors (changing wind directions, soil cover, mean field length and mean protection zone) combined by fuzzy logic. SoLoWind is used for a local off-site effect evaluation in combination with high-resolution wind speed and wind direction data at a section of the highway A72. The model attributes 3·6% of the arable fields in Western Saxony to the very-high-wind erosion risk class. A relationship between larger fields (greater than 116 ha) and higher proportions (51·7%) of very-high-wind erosion risk can be observed. Sections of the highway A72 might be under high risk according to the modelled off-site effects of wind erosion. The presented applications showed the potential of SoLoWind to support and consult management for protection measures on a regional scale. © 2016 The Authors. Land Degradation and Development published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The authors would like to thank Jürgen Heinrich and Gudrun Mayer for the technical revision of the model conception and the German Weather Service, the Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology, the Saxon State Office for Road Construction and Traffic, the Saxon State Ministry of the Environment and Agriculture, the Saxon State Spatial Data and Land Survey Corporation, the Saxon Road Maintenance Depots, OpenStreetMap and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for providing the datasets. We would also like to thank three anonymous reviewers for helpful comments. | |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Schmidt, Simon; Meusburger, Katrin; Figueiredo, Tomás de; Alewell, Christine (2017). Modelling Hot Spots of Soil Loss by Wind Erosion (SoLoWind) in Western Saxony, Germany. Land Degradation and Development. ISSN 1085-3278. 28, p. 1100-1112 | en_EN |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/ldr.2652 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1085-3278 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10198/15302 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Field length | en_EN |
| dc.subject | ILSWE | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Multidirectional | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Off-site effects | en_EN |
| dc.subject | Windbreaks | en_EN |
| dc.title | Modelling Hot Spots of Soil Loss by Wind Erosion (SoLoWind) in Western Saxony, Germany | en_EN |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| person.familyName | Figueiredo | |
| person.givenName | Tomás d'Aquino | |
| person.identifier | 1297327 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 961D-607D-51CC | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-7690-8996 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 54790554500 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | en_EN |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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