Comment on “Towards improved USLE-based soil erosion modelling in India : a review of prevalent pitfalls and implementation of exemplar methods” by Majhi et al. (2021), Earth-Science Reviews 221, 103786

Chen, Walter (avtor), Bezak, Nejc (avtor)

We found the study of Majhi et al. (2021) very interesting. The authors did an excellent job of evaluating the 100 USLE-based soil erosion studies undertaken in India and outlining the problems and errors encountered while estimating the USLE erosion factors in these studies. According to the authors, practically every study of the 100 research examined either overestimated or underestimated at least one of the five factors. We appreciate the excellent work of Majhi et al. (2021). Their research demonstrating the flaws in previous studies that employed USLE-based models to estimate soil erosion is precisely the type of work we need. However, we fear that Majhi et al. (2021) also made an error while evaluating the rainfall and runoff factor (R) equations that were based on the Modified Fournier Index. We highlighted the details in this discussion.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: R factor, rainfall erosivity, soil erosion, USLE, RUSLE, Modified Fournier Index
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.03 - Kratki znanstveni prispevek
• Organizacija: FGG - Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Leto izida: 2022
• Št. strani: Str. 1-2
• Številčenje: vol. jun.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-146476
• UDK: 556
• ISSN pri članku: 0012-8252
• DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104095
• COBISS.SI-ID: 113199363
• Datum objave v RUL: 02.06.2023

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Earth-science reviews
• Skrajšan naslov: Earth-sci. rev.
• Založnik: Elsevier
• ISSN: 0012-8252
• COBISS.SI-ID: 4493834

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Naslov: Komentar na prispevek z naslovom: "Towards improved USLE-based soil erosion modelling in India: A review of prevalent pitfalls and implementation of exemplar methods"
• Ključne besede: R faktor, erozivnost padavin, erozija tal, USLE, RUSLE, Modified Fournier Index

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P2-0180
• Naslov: Vodarstvo in geotehnika: orodja in metode za analize in simulacije procesov ter razvoj tehnologij