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Effects of biological soil crusts on surface roughness and implications for runoff and erosion
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In this article, the effect of physical and biological crusts on soil surface roughness and their influence on runoff and erosion was investigated, and the best relationship between microtopography and runoff on biologically crusted soils was found for surface storage capacity, which appears as a powerful predictor of the runoff coefficient on long temporal scales.About:
This article is published in Geomorphology.The article was published on 2012-04-01. It has received 200 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Surface runoff & WEPP.read more
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Biological soil crust development affects physicochemical characteristics of soil surface in semiarid ecosystems
TL;DR: In this paper, the physicochemical properties of soil crusts and their underlying soil were analyzed in two semi-arid areas in SE Spain and the results highlight the significant role of BSCs in water availability, soil stability and soil fertility in semiarid regions.
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Effects of different vegetation restoration on soil water storage and water balance in the Chinese Loess Plateau
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effects of planting Pinus tabuliformis, Robinia pseudoacacia, Caragana korshinskii, and Hippophae rhamnoides on soil water dynamics and water stresses by measuring canopy interception, soil evaporation, plant transpiration, and surface runoff.
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The evaluation of unmanned aerial system-based photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning to generate DEMs of agricultural watersheds
TL;DR: In this paper, the suitability of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and unmanned aerial system (UAS) photogrammetry for collecting the fine-resolution topographic data required to generate accurate, high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) in a small watershed area (12 ha).
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Roughness in the Earth Sciences
TL;DR: There has been a proliferation of methods of quantifying surface roughness in the Earth Sciences, with the aim of facilitating a more systematic exchange of roughness formulations as discussed by the authors, however, a number of issues surround the definition of the term roughness.
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Linking landscape morphological complexity and sediment connectivity
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored sediment connectivity in response to sequences of rainfall events and found that feedback between erosion and deposition are more important for certain landscape morphologies than for others: rolling or V-shaped catchments than from dissected or stepped landscapes.
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An Introduction to Applied Geostatistics
TL;DR: In this paper, an Introduction to Applied Geostatistics is presented, with a focus on the application of applied geometrics in the area of geostatistic applications.
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An Introduction to Applied Geostatistics
TL;DR: In this paper, Krigeage and continuite spatiale were used for interpolation of a variogramme with anisotropic interpolation reference record created on 2005-06-20, modified on 2011-09-01.
The extraction of drainage networks from digital elevation data : Computer Vision
Abstract: The extraction of drainage networks from digital elevation data is important for quantitative studies in geomorphology and hydrology. A method is presented for extracting drainage networks from gridded elevation data. The method handles artificial pits introduced by data collection systems and extracts only the major drainage paths. Its performance appears to be consistent with the visual interpretation of drainage patterns from elevation contours.
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The extraction of drainage networks from digital elevation data
TL;DR: The method handles artificial pits introduced by data collection systems and extracts only the major drainage paths and its performance appears to be consistent with the visual interpretation of drainage patterns from elevation contours.
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The potential roles of biological soil crusts in dryland hydrologic cycles
TL;DR: The influence of biological soil crusts on these factors depends on their internal and external structure, which varies with climate, soil, and disturbance history as mentioned in this paper, which greatly complicates interpretation of the results, and more studies are needed before broad generalizations can be made on how biological crusts affect infiltration and runoff.