Modeling insloping road erosion processes with the WEPP watershed model
Tysdal, L.; Elliot, B.; Luce, C.; Black, T.
1997.
Modeling insloping road erosion processes with the WEPP watershed model.
Paper 97-5014.
Presented at the 1997 ASAE Annual International Meeting, August 10-14 1997, Minneapolis, MN.
St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers. 14 p.
Keywords: road erosion, WEPP, erosion modeling
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Abstract:
Roads can be a major source of sediment in sensitive forest watersheds. In
order to economically mitigate soil erosion from roads, we need to be able to
understand the processes that cause erosion. The Water Erosion Prediction
Project (WEPP) has been shown to be valid for predicting erosion from some
forest roads (1)(2) that can be described as hillslopes. Watershed
applications of WEPP can predict erosion and sedimentation values for
small watersheds (3). This paper discusses how well WEPP models
insloping roads through a sensitivity analysis and validation process using
two ongoing studies in the Oregon Coast Range.
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