CMonthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland, with average soil loss in tons/(ha*month), June

Monthly soil erosion risk maps for Swiss permanent grassland with a spatial resolution of 100m. The maps show the average soil loss in tons per hectare and month. Shades of green, yellow and red mean a low, average and high risk of erosion, respectively.The monthly soil erosion risk maps were calculated using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE). For this RUSLE application, the monthly dynamic of the rainfall erosivity factor (R-factor) and cover and management factor (C-factor) was considered as follows: A(month)= R(month)KC(month)LS*P where A(month) is the soil loss in tons per hectare and month and R(month) and C(month) are the monthly R-factor (MJ mm ha⁻¹ h⁻¹ month⁻¹) and C-factor (dimensionless). The other erosion factors are soil erodibility (K-factor), slope length (L-factor), slope steepness (S-factor) and support practices (P-factor). The RUSLE factors were tailored to the specific environmental conditions of Swiss permanent grassland. The P-factor was included in the calculation as a constant with value 1 due to a lack of spatial information on grazing management and its effect on soil erosion.

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Map (Preview) map.geo.admin.chSERVICE
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ch.bafu.erosion-gruenland_bodenabtrag_junWMS
WMS-FSDI service, layer "Erosion risk permanent grassland June"
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WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Erosion risk permanent grassland June"
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Additional information

Identifier

3d738c4e-26d1-4688-9d4d-3c405214bf77@bundesamt-fur-umwelt-bafu

Title for URL of the dataset

monatliche-erosionsrisikokarten-des-schweizer-dauergrunlands-mittlerer-bodenabtrag-in-tonnen-ha5

Schedule the publication of the dataset

Issued date

April 1, 2019

Modification date

June 27, 2019

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Update interval

Irregular

Temporal coverage

Publisher Information

Federal Office for the Environment

Contact points

boden@bafu.admin.ch

Languages

English
German
French
Italian

URL

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2019.1585980

Relation

Spatial

Schweiz

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Terms of use

https://opendata.swiss/terms-of-use#terms_open

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