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The COST Program is an initiative of the European Commission to stimulate Coordination of
Scientific and Technical Research in Europe. Aim of COST Action 623 is to coordinate all soil
erosion research in Europe and to further the study of the relationship between soil erosion and
global change.
http://www.soilerosion.net/cost623/
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Soil Erosion Site
Background information, links to organizations, projects, meetings, data sets, and models.
http://soilerosion.net
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Rainfall erosion processes and prediction
Raindrop impact induced erosion processes and modeling, erosion modeling at the catchment
(watershed) scale.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~pkinnell/page1.htm
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Land Degradation and Rehabilitation Programme, University of Oxford
Conducts research on the occurrence, processes and impacts of land degradation, particularly soil
erosion by water, including modelling of rill initiation.
http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/land.html
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Sediment Database of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
The site provides free, online access to a large database of daily suspended sediment values at
1593 measurement stations along rivers of the U.S.A..
http://co.water.usgs.gov/sediment/
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Universal Soil Loss Equation, Database
The USLE predicts longterm average annual soil loss by rainfall runoff from agricultural land and
various other landuse types. Data files can be downloaded from this site.
http://topsoil.nserl.purdue.edu/nserlweb/usle/
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Emergence and Erosion: a Model for Rill Initiation and Development
Detailed description of the RillGrow2 model for the initiation of erosion rills on farmer's fields
by rainfall runoff, including computer graphics of simulated rill patterns.
http://divcom.otago.ac.nz/SIRC/GeoComp/GeoComp98/86/gc_86.htm
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TEKTRAN: Retrieval system of U.S. agricultural research results
TEKTRAN summaries on the Internet are selected pre-publication notices of recent research results
from the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/ttic/tektran/tektran.html
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Applications of Caesium-137 in Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Studies
Discusses the use of Caesium-137, an element of radioactive fallout, as a tracer to study the rates
and patterns of soil erosion and deposition.
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~yszhang/caesium/welcome.htm
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Soil Erosion and WEPP Technology
Tutorial describing processes of soil erosion as well as ways to predict and control erosion.
http://soils.ecn.purdue.edu/~wepphtml/wepp/wepptut/jhtml/intro.html
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National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
Homepage of the National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory of the Agricultural Research Service of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
http://topsoil.nserl.purdue.edu
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Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP)
The WEPP-model, developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is a process-based, distributed
model for soil erosion prediction. Model software and documentation can be obtained through this
site.
http://forest.moscowfsl.wsu.edu/4702/wepp0.html
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Laboratory for Experimental Geomorphology, Catholic University Louvain, Belgium
A key area of interest of the Laboratory for Experimental Geomorphology is the study of the
processes and mechanics of overland flow hydraulics and soil erosion, including raindrop impact,
interrill and rill erosion, gully erosion and tillage erosion.
http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/facdep/geo/fgk/leg/pages/exphome.htm
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Soil Erosion Network of GCTE (Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems)
Objectives of the Soil Erosion Network are to design and undertake experimental and monitoring
programmes of soil erosion and to refine and adapt soil erosion models for use in studies of
environmental and climate change. Useful list of links to other soil erosion sites is included.
http://mwnta.nmw.ac.uk/GCTEFocus3/networks/erosion.htm
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Soil and Water Conservation Society
The Soil and Water Conservation Society is an international organization that fosters the science
and the art of soil and water conservation to achieve sustained use of land resources.
http://www.swcs.org/
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